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Labor/Employment

Dec. 18, 2014

We need clarity, consistency in employee classification

The state Legislature should provide a clear and consistent definition to classify employees and independent contractors. By Chris Micheli


By Chris Micheli


The state Legislature should provide California businesses with the certainty of properly using independent contractors by establishing a clear and consistent definition to classify employees and independent contractors. Unfortunately, under current California law, businesses are unfairly subjected to different definitions of independent contractor from multiple state agencies with the threat of duplicative and costly financial penalties if they ...

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