DENVER, CO - The Colorado state legislature enacted the Misclassification of Employees as Independent Contractors Act this summer. The new law follows a national trend of making it more difficult for employers to misclassify their workers by creating a...

That’s right!  For example, California’s EDD doesn’t publish this fact (government agencies don’t like to publicize these statistics) but at least 70% of all companies audited by them receive a tax assessment for misclassified workers, including back...

Recently, I was asked to help a client to determine if a large number of part-time and seasonal workers could properly be treated as independent contractors (IC’s).  The client told me his HR people, procurement manager and project managers were...

Depending on a one size fits all automated questionnaire to determine the status of your consultants is dangerous for your company.  You could be putting a lot of faith in a slick, easy tool that won’t hold up when the classification is challenged. ...

Many third party venders, who provide IC compliance services, use a one size fits all, automated questionnaire.  At lot of effort is put into making these online systems look pretty.  They attract the innocent because they seem so easy and efficient,...