Coalition Submits Comments on Department of Labor’s New Proposed Survey Concerning Worker-Classification

The Coalition submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) on March 12, 2013, expressing concerns about a new survey DOL proposes, in which substantive worker-classification determinations will be made by “researchers” based solely on survey responses provided by workers to questions that are highly suggestive of employee status.…
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Houston Ranks No. 1 in Percentage Increase of Self-employed

“The number of people who primarily work on their own has swelled by 1.3 million since 2001 to 10.6 million, a 14% increase,” according to data from the Economic Modeling Specialists International (“EMSI”). In an article published in late July by Joel Kotkin in Forbes titled “The Rise of The 1099 Economy,”…
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Fair Playing Field Act of 2012 Seeks to Repeal Section 530

The Fair Playing Field Act of 2012, S. 2145 and H.R. 4123, was introduced on March 1, 2012, by Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) and Representative Jim McDermott (D-Wash), respectively.  This 2012 bill is the same as the Fair Playing Field Act of 2010, S. 3786 and H.R. 6128, which Senator Kerry and Representative McDermott…
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Passed both houses

Bill S.B. 1783 This bill would amend the Illinois Use Tax Act such that a “retailer maintaining business in this State” and “serviceman” would include retailers and servicemen having any representative, agent, salesperson, canvasser, independent contractor, or solicitor operating in this State under the authority of the retailer or the serviceman…
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