Tip Tuesday! Misclassification enforcement: 17 states now sharing info with DOL

By Jared Bilski

The DOL has been looking for help to come after employers that misclassify full-time employees as independent contractors (ICs) — and it just added another major ally to its growing list. 
Florida recently added itself to the other 16 states that have entered into formal agreements with the DOL to share info about worker misclassification.

The formal agreement, which is officially called a Memorandum of Understanding, allows the DOL and the Florida Department of Revenue to pass along any info they come across about workers who are misclassified as ICs.

The feds hope the info-sharing will make it easier to find and penalize employers that misclassify employees.

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