CHICAGO — Illinois contractors who intentionally misclassify their workers as independent contractors could face $2,500 fines and a ban on state construction jobs under a new law that goes into effect ...

At present, the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and U.S. Treasury (through the Internal Revenue Code) enforce employee classification. These agencies, pursuant to express statutory ...

The lawyer best known for challenging the worker-classification practices of gig-economy companies was pondering her legal options Wednesday. California voters on Tuesday approved Proposition 22, an ...

California Assembly Bill 5, which went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, was intended to protect workers in the gig economy by reclassifying many of them as employees, rather than independent contractors, ...

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