Posts tagged memorandum of understanding.
Organizations whose operating models are based upon or incorporate independent contractors ignore the current enforcement climate at their peril.
Employee Status, Employer Status, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Independent ContractorTags: independent contractor, Misclassification, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, independent, contractor, employee status, Misclassification Initiative, employer status, memorandum of understanding, Internal Revenue Service, IRS, Department of Labor
The U.S. Labor Department continues to expand the number of jurisdictions and agencies with which it is collaborating on the "misclassification" of workers as independent contractors.
Compliance, Employee Status, Employer Status, Government Enforcement, Independent ContractorTags: independent contractor, homebuilders, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, Misclassification, independent, contractor, employee status, Misclassification Initiative, employer status, MOU, memorandum of understanding, Internal Revenue Service, IRS
The employee-misclassification "Memorandum of Understanding" entered into between the U.S. Labor Department and the U.S. Internal Revenue Service should cause every employer to take notice.
Compliance, Employee Status, Employer Status, Government Enforcement, Independent ContractorTags: independent contractor, FLSA, Misclassification, independent, contractor, Labor Department press release, 11-1373-NAT, press release September 19, 2011, employee status, Misclassification Initiative, employer status, MOU, memorandum of understanding
The U.S. Labor Department announced today that it has entered into a cooperative alliance aimed at eliminating the misclassification of employees as "independent contractors".
Employee Status, Employer Status, Government Enforcement, Independent ContractorTags: independent contractor, FLSA, Misclassification, independent, contractor, Labor Department press release, 11-1373-NAT, press release September 19, 2011, employee status, Misclassification Initiative, employer status, memorandum of understanding