The Department of Labor (DOL) is adding firepower in its fight against companies that commit worker classification mistakes.
As part of its 2012 budget request, the DOL is planning on allocating $150,000 to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to train its safety inspectors to spot worker classification errors.
More money, more investigations
As a result of these increased enforcement efforts, the DOL says its Wage and Hour Division will conduct approximately 3,250 additional investigations, targeting employers in industries with higher rates of violations — such as construction, home health care and landscaping.
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