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Article: New York Creates Task Force To Investigate And Prosecute Employers Who Misclassify Employees As Independent Contractors.
- Article from:
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- February 27, 2008
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An October 2007 Labor and Employment Alert.
The possibility that your business will be subject to an audit and/or lawsuit regarding the misclassification of employees as independent contractors just increased.
On September 5, 2007, Governor Eliot Spitzer signed Executive Order No. 17, which created the Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification (Task Force). The Task Force will oversee the enforcement of New York wage and hour, workers' compensation, and local and state tax laws concerning the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. The Task Force will be prosecuting offending employers with the help of local district ...