Contractor v. Employee: Dept. of Labor Proposed Employee Classification Rule December 19, 2022; By Charles A. Krugel Contractor v. employee violations occur in every industry. This is in part due to the regulatory processes in wage rates, labor agreements, and exemptions defining who is and who isn’t an independent contractor. To paraphrase a genial and [...]
This year, I'll be doing a series of 4 presentations covering various HR & labor & employment law issues confronting business. Each presentation is from 3PM - 5PM & are on the following Wednesdays: 2/17, 5/11, 8/17 and 11/16. They're at Chicago's Department of Business & Consumer Affairs, 121 N. LaSalle St., #801. [...]
On Thursday, 6/20/13, at 4 PM, I’ll be presenting my employee vs. independent contractor employee classification seminar. This will be an open discussion of the differences between 1099 & W-2 classifications, why this has become such a huge legal issue (hint: the post 2008 economy), the monetary penalties & other problems incurred due to misclassification [...]
While meeting with a client regarding their company's human capital issues, we discussed their businesses' transition from classifying workers as 1099s to W2s. Due to confidentiality concerns, I won't disclose much about the business, & of course, they gave me permission to post about this conversation. A little more than a year ago, my client reclassified workers [...]
A client recently asked me about a new State of Illinois law the Employee Classification Act (if the link is expired, then check Google), public act 095-0026, which became effective January 1, 2008. I thought that a brief post might be useful considering that there might be some confusion regarding this Act. Additionally, I've noticed [...]
