The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) investigates complaints of alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), including possible misclassification of an employee as an independent contractor. A finding...more
Media outlets throughout the country have recently reported that it appears there was little to no oversight to ensure contractors, which were working on projects receiving federal stimulus money, were not misclassifying...more
On November 12, 2013, Senator Bob Casey introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate entitled the “Payroll Fraud Prevention Act of 2013.” The act is aimed at reducing the misclassification of employees as independent contractors....more