The Legal Risks of Misclassifying Employees as Independent Contractors

Mis­clas­si­fy­ing employ­ees as inde­pen­dent con­trac­tors is one of the biggest pit­falls in employ­ment law, and it’s an issue that both employ­ers and work­ers need to under­stand. Get­ting it wrong can mean seri­ous legal and finan­cial con­se­quences. So, what’s the dif­fer­ence, why does it mat­ter, and how can busi­ness­es avoid cost­ly mis­takes? Employ­ee vs. Inde­pen­dent Con­trac­tor: … Con­tin­ue read­ing The Legal Risks of Mis­clas­si­fy­ing Employ­ees as Inde­pen­dent Contractors