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Do Your Contractors Measure Up Under These 7 ‘Economic Realities’ Factors?

Published on Fri May 28, 2021

Degree of control is key. If you’re claiming workers are independent contractors but they don’t stand up to the Department of Labor’s “economic realities” test, you’d better change your practices before they bring you big fines and back wages payments. According to a DOL Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet from 2008, those factors are: The extent to which the [...]
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