North Carolina Considering Law to Stop Worker Misclassification

Lawmakers in North Carolina are starting to explore how to prevent construction companies from misclassifying workers

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Lawmakers in North Carolina are starting to explore how to prevent construction companies from misclassifying workers. So far in 2014, the state has re-classified nearly 4,000 employees from independent contractors to employees, which is estimated to have cost the state nearly a half billion dollars in lost state and federal taxes. In 2013, North Carolina re-classified nearly 5,700 workers.

(more on North Carolina's worker misclassification prevent plan...)

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