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Bills in 3 States Would Bar Collection of Comp Premiums for Independent Contractors
03/05/2015
While federal policymakers warn about the loss of labor law protections for workers misclassified as independent contractors state lawmakers in Tennessee Nebraska and South Dakota have introduced measures that aim to protect employers from workers' comp insurers that insist on collecting
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Comp Bills Trickle in ahead of Today's Filing Deadline
02/27/2015
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council would allow port drayage companies to enter into a consent decree with the labor commissioner agreeing to pay all wages and benefits owed to drivers previously misclassified as independent contractors and to pay all taxes owed to the state as a result of the
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Bill Would Levy Fine of Up to $1,000 on 1st-Time Misclassification Offenders
02/10/2015
subject contractors found to have misclassified employees to a minimum penalty of 100 and a maximum penalty of 1000 for a first violation. If a contractor is determined to have committed repeat misclassification violations within a five-year period the contractor will be assessed a penalty of up to
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WCB Cites Positive Momentum in Annual Report
02/09/2015
2009 identified 3.6 million in potential misclassified wages resulting in about 475000 in unpaid workers' compensation premiums. It also reports that the Monitoring Audit and Enforcement program found 90 of insurers self-insured employers and third-party administrators are in compliance with
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Lawsuits Ask whether Ride-Sharing Drivers Are Employees or Independent Contractors
02/06/2015
employee misclassification is a major issue in workers compensation because it denies insurance carriers the ability to properly gauge risk. A report from the Economic Roundtable in Los Angeles released last year estimated that unreported and misclassified construction workers alone represented a loss of
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Legislator Introduces Bill Creating Affidavit Declaring Independent Contractor Status
02/02/2015
Nebraska's nonpartisan unicameral Legislature on Jan. 14. It has been referred to the Business and Labor Committee.
The South Dakota and Nebraska bills seek to address nationwide legal battles over how to determine whether workers are independent contractors or employees. When workers are misclassified
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Lawmaker Seeking Mandatory Premium Audits of Employers
01/28/2015
to allow onsite inspections. Those that refuse to provide records needed to conduct a payroll verification audit would have to pay the carrier extra premiums equal to three times the estimated premium for the most recent year available.
Employers found by auditors to have misclassified workers or
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House Committee: DWC Should Study Non-Subscription, Uncovered Employees
01/16/2015
contractors on workers employers income tax withholding and unemployment insurance. It noted that the Texas Workforce Commission which is charged with determining which employees are misclassified conducted 6518 audits in 2013 and found at least one misclassified employee in 28.8 of those audits with
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Lawsuits Challenge Maximus Labor Practices, Propriety of Medicare Bill Reviews
12/31/2014
illegally misclassified them as being exempt from overtime pay. The lawsuit filed in January says Maximus forced trainers and supervisors to work unpaid overtime hours at call centers in Boise and Brownsville Texas where they answered questions about health insurance exchange plans under the Affordable
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Court Overturns BWC's Retroactive Assessment of Premium Increase Based on Reclassification
12/29/2014
business as "light manufacturing" doing "finish cores prep cores assemble wax wax injection and metal finishing."
The BWC conducted an audit of NHVS in June 2011 and determined that the company owed an additional 79684.42 in premiums because some of their metal polishers had been misclassified
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