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PA DLI and U.S. DOL Team Up on Prevention of Misclassified Workers

August 11, 2016 - WorkCompWire

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry and the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other non-employee statuses. The two departments will work together to provide accessible outreach to employers, employees and other stakeholders, and conduct coordinated investigations, as well as share information and resources to increase enforcement of the misclassified worker law.

“When we share common interests and goals, increased collaboration and communication means we secure a better work environment for all Pennsylvania workers and employers,” said Labor & Industry Secretary Kathy Manderino. “By educating employees and employers about compliance with all labor laws we enforce, we are helping everyone receive the benefits they deserve.”

The U.S. DOL is working with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and 31 other U.S. states to combat employee misclassification and to ensure that workers get the wages, benefits and protections to which they are entitled.

Misclassification of workers, or labeling employees as something they are not, such as independent contractors, can deny them basic rights such as minimum wage, overtime and other benefits. Misclassification also improperly lowers tax revenues to federal and state governments, and creates losses for state unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation funds.

“The Wage and Hour Division continues to attack this problem head on through a combination of a robust education and outreach, and nationwide, data-driven strategic enforcement across industries,” said David Weil, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. “Our goal is always to strive toward workplaces with decreased misclassification, increased compliance, and more workers receiving a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work.”

In support of this MOU and as part of a grant from the federal government to its Unemployment Compensation Tax division, Labor & Industry will launch a statewide misclassified workers public awareness campaign in fall 2016.

More information on misclassification and the MOU are available at http://www.dol.gov/misclassification/

Source: PA DLI

Filed Under: Industry News, Legislative & Regulatory News, Top Stories, Work Force & Human Resource News, Workers' Compensation

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