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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Jun. 23, 2007

Independent Contractors: A Dying Breed?

Employment Column - By D. Gregory Valenza - Recent California court decisions have made it more difficult to circumvent employee regulations.

EMPLOYMENT COLUMN

By D. Gregory Valenza

      The employer - employee relationship is fraught with legal obligations: workers' compensation, complex wage-and-hour rules, paid and unpaid leaves of absence, payroll filings, sexual-harassment training, benefits. At times, employers may wish to engage temporary services without some of the entanglements associated with adding employees. Workers, too, may wish to avoid obligations such ...

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