Worker Misclassification - A Major Issue
“Passing legislation that aims to crack down on ‘worker misclassification’ is an issue of fairness,”
said Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) about his Employee Misclassification Prevention Act at a Senate Hearing entitled, Leveling the Playing Field: Protecting Workers and Businesses Affected by Misclassification.
Brown originally introduced his bill, The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act, in the Senate last April. It is the latest in a number of legislative actions directed at the problem that is especially rampant in the construction industry across the US. Many contractors and subs are using hourly workers and day laborers, some of them undocumented aliens, and classifying their workers as independent contractors in order to cut costs, avoid paying medical benefits, social security and overtime as part of the cash society in the industry. [node:read-more:link]