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Employment & Labor
Legislation Alert: Governor Signs Employee Misclassification Bill
By: James Kachmar Last month, we told you about a bill, SB 459, that was awaiting the Governor’s signature. SB 459 would penalize employers who willfully misclassify employees as independent…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Connecticut Part of New Governmental Pact on Employee Misclassificiation
With all the publicity about paid sick leave (effective January 1, 2012 -- you're ready, right?), it's important not to forget that there are plenty of other employment laws that…
Benefits Law Advisor
IRS Voluntary Classification Settlement Program – Watch Your Step!
By Monique Warren, Jackson Lewis P.C.
The Internal Revenue Service has announced its Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (“VCSP”) offering relief to certain employers from unpaid employment taxes, penalties and interest that may result from misclassification of…
Tax, Trusts & Estates Law
Tax Alert: The IRS Announces New Voluntary Worker Classification Settlement Program
On September 21, 2011 the IRS announced a new program to permit taxpayers to voluntarily reclassify workers as employees rather than independent contractors for employment tax purposes with minimal tax…
Employment Law Worldview
California Poised to Raise the Stakes for Misclassifying Employees as Contractors and Failure to Pay Wages Properly
The California legislature passed two new laws employers should not ignore. SB 459, now awaiting Governor Brown’s signature to go into law, imposes additional penalties against employers who are found…
Employment Law Watch
IRS in U.S. Announces New Voluntary Worker Classification Program
Last week, the IRS announced the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (the “VCSP”), allowing eligible employers to voluntarily resolve U.S. past worker classification issues and reclassify workers as employees for federal…
Wage & Hour Law Update
IRS Signs Memorandum of Understanding With USDOL Focused On Worker Misclassification And Offers Amnesty Program
Of continued concern to governmental agencies – departments of labor, taxing authorities, workers compensation and unemployment boards – is the classification of workers as “independent contractors” and resulting exclusion of…
Minnesota Employer
IRS Offers Amnesty Program for Employers Who Misclassified Employees as Independent Contractors: Is This a Trap for the Unwary?
By Steve Brunn
On September 21, 2001, the Internal Revenue Service launched the Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP). Under the VCSP, for up to three prior tax years, an employer can apply to…
Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
Agencies Target Independent Contractor Status: The Death Knell of Such Relationships?
On September 19, 2011, the leaders of the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”), Internal Revenue Service, and eleven state agencies entered into a “memo of understanding” to work together to…
Michigan Employment Law Advisor
Are Employers Rolling the Dice Under the IRS’s Employee/Independent Contractor Reclassification Program?
By Jason Shinn
The Internal Revenue Service announced on 9/21/2011 that businesses that have improperly labelled their employees as independent contractors will be allowed to reclassify workers and make only a small payment…