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Oct. 28, 2010

Tackling Worker Classifications

A new treatise guides practitioners through the dilemma of workers' status classifications. By Jon Flora of Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis.

By Jonathan R. Flora

A perennial problem for employers (and their advisors) is classifying workers. Every worker must be slotted into one of two fixed categories: employee or independent contractor. And let's face it - there's a lot of incentive for an employer to prefer the fruits of independent contractor status: no income tax withholding, no payroll or employment tax obligations, no workers compensation - the list goes on and on. The trouble is...

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