For many small businesses, employee classification feels like an administrative task that gets handled during onboarding and ...

Every organization classifies its workforce according to the nature of their employment. An Employee Classification Policy is necessary for maintaining uniform categorization of employees across an ...

Chief among the issues that keep employers up at night is staying compliant with federal and state employment laws. Processing Content Arguably, wage and hour rules are the most complex and cause the ...

A remote employee is one who completes work for a company from a location other than the employer's place of business. Within a small business, it's essential that an employer know how to classify ...

The misclassification of workers—a practice where employees are erroneously labeled as contractors—can lead to grave consequences for both companies and workers alike. In 2015, FedEx settled a lawsuit ...

The Fair Labor Standards Act establishes employee classifications related to overtime requirements. How an employee is classified--exempt or non-exempt--determines whether they are entitled to ...

Small business owners may classify their employees in a certain manner for a number of reasons. For example, employing independent contractors often frees up some capital in the form of benefits and ...

CHICAGO — Illinois contractors who intentionally misclassify their workers as independent contractors could face $2,500 fines and a ban on state construction jobs under a new law that goes into effect ...

The classification of employment status for digital platform workers remains a central and frequently debated issue. Drawing on a recent Ius Laboris report, we explore four key regulatory trends that ...

Chief among the issues that keep employers up at night is staying compliant with federal and state employment laws. Processing Content Arguably, wage and hour rules are the most complex and cause the ...