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If Exotic Dancers Aren’t Independent Contractors, Who Is?

From Mondaq:  Connecting Knowledge and People It is far better to internally uncover and proactively address misclassification…

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Employee vs. Independent Contractor: Ensure Proper Classification of Workers

From Meyers, Harrison & Pia, LLC. — A recent Forbes personal finance article “Independent Contractor Enforcement: There’s More…

Posted in Texas

Worker misclassification still a problem in Texas

From the ICon Professional Services’ Blog. As this blog wrote last month, the state government of Texas just passed a…

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Employee or Independent Contractor? The Risks of Making A Wrong Decision Grow

From California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog —  Employers use independent contractors instead of employees for a variety of reasons…

Posted in Colorado

Independent contractor status dependent on more than one factor, says second Colorado court

From  Lexology — A second division of the Colorado Court of Appeals has just rejected a stringent, single-factor test…

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Massachusetts Employers May Be Liable to Out-of-State Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors

From Holland & Knight — Massachusetts employers have long labored under the strictures of the Massachusetts independent contractor statute,…

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Independent Contractor Compliance: What Employers Need to Consider

From TLNT:  The Business of HR Independent workers – whether they’re called independent contractors, freelancers or the…

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Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law

From Morse Barnes-Brown Pendleton, Robert Shea discusses the Massachusetts Independent Contractor Law.  Bob discusses worker classification under…

Posted in New York

Wage Theft Is Grim Business 

From the Huffington Post — A 2007 study by Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations…

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Declaring Independent Workers

From HRO Today — Working with independent contractors is a great strategy to fill the need for special…

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The independent contractor: to be or not to be

From Lexology — The story is a familiar one: employer engages services of an independent contractor, subsequently…

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Posted in New Hampshire

N.H. subcontractor cited for worker misclassification in Mass.

From the New Hampshire Business Review — Universal Drywall LLC, a New Hampshire company working as a…