Lawyers USA Online » independent contractors http://lawyersusaonline.com Your Business Partner Fri, 17 May 2013 20:49:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Employers besieged on all sides for misclassifying workers http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/05/employers-besieged-on-all-sides-for-misclassifying-workers/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/05/employers-besieged-on-all-sides-for-misclassifying-workers/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:16:03 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=92245 In an effort to fend off a real audit of their books, one of the major tobacco companies hired a law firm to look into whether it was classifying its 5,000 workers correctly.

“The audit was to find out what kind of exposure they had,” said Kristin R. Erenburg of
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/04/05/employers-besieged-on-all-sides-for-misclassifying-workers/feed/ 0 Attorney’s lawsuit against ex-firm is dismissed  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/24/attorneys-lawsuit-against-ex-firm-is-dismissed/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/24/attorneys-lawsuit-against-ex-firm-is-dismissed/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:28:43 +0000 Sylvia Hsieh http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=90891 An attorney’s race discrimination suit against law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been dismissed on summary judgment by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Kisshia Simmons-Grant, a former contract attorney for the firm, alleged that she was assigned less lucrative work than other
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2013/01/24/attorneys-lawsuit-against-ex-firm-is-dismissed/feed/ 0 Law firm penalized for unpaid employment taxes  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/03/11/law-firm-penalized-for-unpaid-employment-taxes/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/03/11/law-firm-penalized-for-unpaid-employment-taxes/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 18:50:08 +0000 Pat Murphy http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/03/11/law-firm-penalized-for-unpaid-employment-taxes/ A personal injury firm is liable for unpaid employment taxes relating to attorneys it mistakenly classified as independent contractors, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled in upholding a $158,000 assessment of taxes, interest and penalties.

The firm handled personal injury cases, regularly using “associate attorneys” fresh from law school to
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]]> http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2011/03/11/law-firm-penalized-for-unpaid-employment-taxes/feed/ 0 Conn. considers law on employee misclassification  http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2010/04/30/conn-considers-law-on-employee-misclassification/ http://lawyersusaonline.com/blog/2010/04/30/conn-considers-law-on-employee-misclassification/#comments Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:35:16 +0000 Correy Stephenson http://lawyersusaonline.com/?p=68701 The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that would increase the penalties for employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors, with greater civil penalties and criminal liability.

House Bill 5204, An Act Implementing the Recommendations of the
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