Connecticut Employment Law Blog Insight on Labor & Employment Developments for Connecticut Businesses

Tag Archives: employee misclassification

Connecticut Part of New Governmental Pact on Employee Misclassificiation

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Highlight, Laws and Regulations, Wage & Hour

With all the publicity about paid sick leave (effective January 1, 2012 — you’re ready, right?), it’s important not to forget that there are plenty of other employment laws that employers have to consider. Over the last few years, there’s been more agency enforcement centered around employee misclassification — that is treating “real” employees as… Continue Reading

Issues for Misclassification Lawsuits – Don’t Get Swept Up

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Class Actions, Litigation, Wage & Hour

The Connecticut Law Tribune this morning has word of a lawsuit by a group of individuals who say that as vacuum sellers, they were “hosed” by a company that, they claim, was actually their employer.  Because the case has just been filed, the employer has not yet filed a response. You can download a copy… Continue Reading

Connecticut Department of Labor Employer Breakfast Series Continues

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Wage & Hour

The Connecticut Department of Labor is renewing its breakfast series for employers next month with a timely presentation on the difference between independent contractors and employees. Carl Guzzardi, U.C. Director of Accounts for the U.I. Tax Division, and Resa Spaziani, Field Supervisor for the Wage & Workplace Standards Division from the CT Labor Department are… Continue Reading

Employers Can Use Independent Contractors, But It Must Be Legitimate

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Wage & Hour

With all the publicity lately about the new efforts by the state and federal governments to "crack down" on employers that misclassify employees as independent contractors, you might think that being an independent contractor is a dirty word. Not so, according to Michael Gualtieri, who owns and operates ProCourier, Inc. and serves as president of… Continue Reading

The Year of Worker Misclassification Continues; Additional Penalties Being Proposed

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

Earlier this week, I noted that a key legislative committee had approved a bill that would increase penalties for misclassification of workers as independent contractors.  Yesterday, Attorney General Richard Blumenthal gave some more details to those changes in a press conference in announcing the recommendations of the Joint Enforcement Commission on Employee Misclassification “A crackdown… Continue Reading

Quick Hits: Paycheck Fairness Act, CHRO, Employee Misclassification, Amara v. CIGNA followup

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in CHRO & EEOC, Discrimination & Harassment, Human Resources (HR) Compliance, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

It’s a big holiday today. So, let me be the first to say: Happy Evacuation Day — at least to my fellow blogger at Compliance Building.  To everyone else, a Happy St. Patrick’s Day.  Its been some time since my last look around the employment law universe, so here’s some quick hits of what else… Continue Reading

New Advisory Board and Joint Enforcement Commission To Be Established on Employee Misclassification

By Daniel Schwartz on Posted in Laws and Regulations, Legislative Developments, Wage & Hour

This week, I’ve highlighted some new state laws that affect the employment law arena. This next one (Public Act 08-156) creates a new joint commission and new advisory board in Connecticut to deal with the issue of employee misclassification.  For employers, this new structure means that it is more likely that enforcement of misclassification laws (in… Continue Reading