Worker classification is one of the most common, recurring tax disputes. At its most basic level, the question boils down to this: Is the worker an employee or an independent contractor? The risks of ...

Small business owners may classify their employees in a certain manner for a number of reasons. For example, employing independent contractors often frees up some capital in the form of benefits and ...

A fresh controversy has emerged around software giant Oracle after an anonymous post on workplace forum Blind alleged that ...

Add reviewing your 1099 workers to your New Year’s resolutions, courtesy of the Department of Labor! The Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a final rule covering when workers may be ...

"Under the Brokers Act, the parties' agreement to an independent contractor affiliation is not merely one of several factors in the analysis, as the Appellate Division viewed it to be," Justice Anne M ...

The American Society of Travel Advisors is urging the U.S. Department of Labor to scrap a proposed new rule on independent contractor classification, claiming it will create more ambiguity around ...

It's a delicate issue for employers, workers and the government: Who is an employee and who is an independent contractor? In an office setting, this is a pretty simple equation. But in industries ...

As the costs of health insurance continue to increase, it's becoming more common for employers to seek out alternatives to the traditional group health insurance plan model. Many businesses have ...

California rideshare drivers are employees, not contractors, according to a panel of 11 judges on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Their jurists overturned a previous appeal in which the courts ...

A FIRM HAS been selected to conduct a classification and compensation study of city employees beginning in mid-July. Evergreen Solutions, a national firm based in Tallahassee, Florida, was selected ...