Stop Worker Abuse
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Stop Worker Abuse
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Q: What is Independent Contractor Misclassification?
Employee misclassification occurs when an employer treats an employee as an independent contractor in order to avoid paying social security, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, liability insurance and overtime. Frequently this exploitation unfairly impacts immigrant workers.
It is illegal and constitutes tax and insurance fraud!
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Omaha World Herald |
April 29,2003 |
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"...The stories detailed how illegals working as drywall tradesmen in and around Omaha - in some instances, working on the area's most prestigious projects - become pawns in a system too large and complex for them to fight. There is a paper trail certifying them as independent contractors - and independent contractors are supposed to be responsible for paying their own federal and state taxes. Among illegal immigrants, it's a near certainty that most don't. The system has evolved in such a way that an owner deals with a contractor who deals with a subcontractor who deals with a go-between who deals with a labor broker who deals with the workers." |
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Laborers work on the Omaha convention center Omaha world Herald May 4,2003 |
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