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Texas Speaker of the House Asks Business and Industry Committee to Examine Worker Misclassification

In his Interim Committee Charges for the 83rd Legislature issued on January 31, 2014, Joe Straus, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives charged the House Committee on Business and Industry to examine the issue of misclassifying employees as independent contractors on workers, employers, income tax withholding, and the…

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6 Mar 2014

Missouri Employee Reclassification Act

Missouri H.B. 1642 Status: Passed House; Reported to Senate and First Read, March 31, 2014 The bill would add two new sections to the Missouri statute. First Proposed New Section: Proposed new section 285.080 would be added to: TITLE 18. LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Chapter 285. EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYEES GENERALLY…

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6 Mar 2014

Iowa Study Bill Would Fund Enhanced Efforts to Investigate Employers That Misclassify Workers

Iowa S.S.B. 2171 Status: In committee, February 18, 2014 This study bill would appropriate $451,458 from the general fund of Iowa to the department of workforce development for enhancing efforts to investigate employers that misclassify workers during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015.

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6 Mar 2014

Tax Reform Act of 2014 Not Helpful for Independent Contractors or their Clients

The worker-classification proposals contained in House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich) proposal for fundamental tax reform, the Tax Reform Act of 2014, would for the first time require federal income-tax withholding on payments to independent contractors and marginally increase the risk for a potential repeal of Section 530…

Florida Bill Clarifies That Workers Referred by Nurse Registries Are Independent Contractors and that Nurse Registries Have No Obligation to Monitor, Supervise, Manage, or Train Referred Workers

Florida S.B. 976 Status: Referred to Committee, February 18, 2014 This bill provides that registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, and home health aides are independent contractors and not employees of the nurse registries that referred them, regardless the obligations imposed on a nurse registry under the nurse…

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5 Mar 2014