The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered several Utah- and Arizona-based construction companies to repay back wages and damagers for more than 1,000 workers after a five-year-long investigation uncovered these companies attempted to avoid payroll taxes by requiring workers be reclassified members or owner of limited liability companies. The bulk of the investigation centered in souther Utah.
Yearlong Investigation Reveals Widespread Worker Misclassification in Construction Industry
The federal judgement which came on April 21 ordered the defendant construction companies to pay about $600,000 in back wages and liquidated assets as well as a $100,000 civil fine.
(more on the five-year investigation into the offending construction companies...)
North Carolina Considering Law to Stop Worker Misclassification
