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Alabama Cracks Down on Employers Who Misclassify Workers

Alabama’s Labor Department agreed Thursday to work with the U.S. Department of Labor to crack down on businesses that classify people as independent contractors when they are really regular employees. Alabama Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald Washington and the U.S. Department of …

Tennessee Receives Grant to Weed out Worker Misclassification

Tennessee has received a $499,000 federal grant for efforts to stop worker misclassification. According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Labor, the money will help Tennessee’s unemployment insurance tax programs identify instances where employees are misclassified as …