To clear up the national confusion on whether a person is an employee or an independent contractor, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division set out to address the confusion with a 15-page memo of guidance.
15 pages of a guidance…from the government. How can this not go wrong?
NFIB said, ““The guidance is going to make it harder to classify workers as independent contractors,”
National Home Builders Grand Pubah said, ““I’m appalled by the procedures they’re following,”
The 15 pages of guidance are said to hit these industries hardest:
- technology
- construction
WallStreet Journal US Dept. of Labor Wage & Hour Division 15 page memo Law360