How Employer Fraud Is Destroying Our Middle Class
Last September I invited Dan Reilly from the Teamsters to give a continuing legal education talk at the annual conference of the Workers’ Injury Law & Advocacy Group. Dan presented on the topic of...
View ArticleCorrupt Employers Just Keep Cooking the Books
As you have seen me mention several times on this blog, the failure of many employers to play by the rules continues to plague the nation’s workers’ compensation system. In one type of fraud, known as...
View ArticleMisclassification Fraud Across the Country
“Misclassification” is a poorly chosen word to describe fraudulent conduct by employers who misclassify the status of their employees. For example, a roofing company may have 30 roofers doing the...
View ArticleMisclassification Task Force Has First Meeting
North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance Wayne Goodwin Wayne Goodwin, the North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance, held the first meeting of the Governor’s Misclassification Task Force on September...
View ArticleWacky Worker’s Comp Week. Stripper Denied Worker’s Comp Benefits
The South Carolina Supreme Court found that an exotic dancer was an “Independent Contractor,” not an employee. Today’s post comes from guest author Tom Domer from The Domer Law Firm. What a wacky week...
View ArticleMisclassification – Department of Labor Recovery
The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered more than $1 million in back wages and liquidated damages for 196 employees of Bowlin Group LLC and Bowlin Services LLC out of Ohio and Kentucky. Bowlin...
View ArticleMisclassification: Cheating the System in North Carolina
A yearlong McClatchy public-records investigation of government construction projects spanning 28 states discovered widespread misclassification of construction workers as independent contractors...
View ArticleAre You Misclassifying Your Workers and Committing A Fraud?
To avoid misclassifying your workers follow these tips: Don’t make assumptions. If you are a business owner you should consult a tax professional and an attorney to ensure you are complying with IRS...
View ArticleN.C. Workplace Deaths Being Under-Reported
The News & Observer recently published an article exposing the under-reporting of workplace deaths by the North Carolina State Department of Labor. The Department reported only 23 deaths for 2013...
View Article
More Pages to Explore .....