Employee or Independent Contractor?
Proposed Legislation Addresses Misclassifying Employees

By Sally Piefer

On April 22, 2010, the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation addressing attempts to misclassify employees as independent contractors. The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act is a proposed amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Act imposes compliance and record-keeping requirements on employers in an effort to prohibit the misclassification of employees.

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Published: 05/2010