From the Construction Citizen —
“Certain corporations have chosen to cut corners and pad their profits by misclassifying their workers as “contractors” when they should have been classified as “employees”. Employee misclassification in our state is explicitly against the law, yet because of weak enforcement mechanisms there are virtually no tangible consequences for violating the law. This oversight on the part of our government has opened the doors to a whole host of unethical practices including wage theft, tax evasion, and employee exploitation.”
Read the full story at Janitorial Services Executive Speaks Out Against Worker Misclassification
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