Many organizations focus on “1099 compliance” – that is, ensuring that they are compliant with the United States Internal Revenue Service rules. That is no longer enough. Independent contractor compliance has become a growing global concern. Australia is the latest of many countries (including Canada, U.K. and U.S.) to formally increase enforcement of worker classification [...]

We’re always talking about the importance of proper worker classification – making sure that your independent contractors are, in fact, independent contractors. Why? The cost of misclassification can damage your business, drastically. Several new laws that took effect on January 1 have raised those costs further. Some of those costs are obvious: in California, S.B. [...]

Believing that “Nothing Else Matters When You’re Hungry,” Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Clara and San Mateo provides more than 240,000 meals every month to those in our community who may not eat otherwise.  ICon has chosen to support this worthy cause each of the last 10 years with a donation of food during [...]

From Business Management Daily: A Plano cable TV installation company must pay $270,696 in back over­time to 114 workers it incorrectly classified as independent contractors instead of employees. Integral Devel­opment Solutions LLC will make the payments under the terms of a set­tle­ment agreement after the U.S. Depart­ment of Labor (DOL) sued on the workers’ behalf. [...]

Connecticut labor officials said Wednesday that they have recently halted work by 19 companies at six construction sites in Westport. The state said the firms misclassified workers as independent contractors to avoid workers compensation and other payments. Gary Pechie, director of the Department of Labor’s division of wage and workplace standards, said the companies face [...]

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California’s Assembly Labor Committee passed SB 459 by a 4-2 vote Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The stated purpose of this proposed legislation is “To make it unlawful to willfully misclassify workers as independent contractors and to establish civil penalties for such willful misclassifications.” CA SB 459 was authored by Senate Majority Leader Ellen M. Corbett [...]

Do labels matter? Sometimes they do. What do you think of when you hear “freelancer”? Does your visual change when someone says they’re an “independent contractor” instead? What about “consultant”? Let’s take a look at each of them: Freelancer According to Wikipedia.org, this terms was coined back in medieval days by Sir Walter Scott “to [...]

A judge in Pennsylvania ordered Vacation Charters LTD to pay over $2.2 million in wages, benefits, penalties and interest to 259 timeshare sales representatives. The class members were deemed misclassified as independent contractors (IC) for Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains. The April 29, 2011 judgment is considered significant and [...]

Earlier this month, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) introduced senate bill 770 or the “Payroll Fraud Prevention Act.” The bill, which amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938, is designed to curb misclassification of employees as self-employed individuals. The bill also empowers the Department of Labor (DOL), the enforcer of FLSA, as an auditing [...]