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Study: 11% of Construction Workers Misclassified
03/15/2007
A Harvard University study showed that 11 of construction workers in Maine are misclassified as independent contractors according to a briefing paper released this week by the University of Maine Bureau of Labor Education.
Those misclassifications cost insurers from 15.6 million to 26
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Three Charged in Wide-Ranging Fraud Scheme
02/09/2007
with State Fund.
Prosecutors said Dodd's intentional denial of benefits resulted in losses of 14381 to State Fund and 6756 to Dodd's former employee.
The investigation also revealed that Dodd had understated the amount of her payroll and misclassified the function of her employees
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N.Y. Rating Board Takes Aim at Fraud Report
02/05/2007
claiming ultra-precision in my statements" Parrott said. "I was just claiming there is a substantial question about whether nor not all of the firms are being covered for workers' comp."
NYCIRB acknowledged that workers are misclassified as independent contractors but said the FPI report fails to
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N.Y. Agents Group Says Report Confirms Coverage Gap
01/26/2007
sources of payroll shortfall in the New York state workers' compensation system "falloff from coverage under unemployment insurance fewer workers appear to be covered by workers' compensation than are in the unemployment system; and a growing number of workers who are misclassified ..." PIANY said
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Uninsured N.Y. Workers May Number 1 Million
01/25/2007
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Second FPI reported a "growing number" of workers are being misclassified as independent contractors in an attempt to evade state law requiring workers' compensation insurance.
The report comes while staffers for newly inaugurated Gov. Eliot Spitzer are involved in a series of negotiating sessions
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Fiscal Policy Institute to Detail Gaps in N.Y. Work Comp
01/11/2007
actions against FedEx which lost its ability to classify workers as independent contractors in cases before the New York Workers' Compensation Board and in California lawsuits.
On Dec. 19 2005 a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled in Estrada v. FedEx that the company misclassified single work
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Four Arrested for Alleged $39M Premium Fraud
10/19/2006
misclassified employees to several insurance companies including State Compensation Insurance Fund Zurich American Insurance Co. and Redland Insurance Co. The suspects' companies were neither licensed insurers nor were they bonded and able to act as a third party administrator the department said.
The
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Court Outlaws Widely Used Independent Drivers
09/12/2006
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The California Employment Development Department had as of late May audited 225 courier companies since 2003 and determined that 153 of them had misclassified couriers as independent contractors instead of regular employees said spokesman Kevin Collari.
He said the department estimated more than
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Seminar to Clarify Independent Contractor Status
07/21/2006
determined that 153 of them had misclassified couriers as independent contractors instead of regular employees WorkCompCentral reported in a May article. EDD spokesman Kevin Collari said the department estimated more than 14700 drivers were erroneously classified as independent.
As a result the
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Couriers Under Scrutiny for Driver Contracts
05/30/2006
since 2003 and determined that 153 of them had misclassified couriers as independent contractors instead of regular employees said spokesman Kevin Collari.
He said the department estimated more than 14700 drivers were erroneously classified as independent denying them insurance and benefits. As a
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