Afew weeks ago, the New York Times reported that federal and state officials are going after rogue employers who misclassify their workers as individual contractors. It seems quite a lot of this is going on in the land of the free, the most common victims being home-health aides, high-tech engineers, construction workers and truck drivers. Officials estimate that the scam affects 3.4 million workers and that 30 percent of companies — including some household names — are doing it. The crackdown — the biggest ever, says the Times — is good news, but not as good as it might be. The official cause for concern turns out to be the fact that these criminal employers are, by this misclassification, cheating the state and federal governments of social security, medicare and unemployment insurance payments.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100406com5.html |
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29. Alam n'yo kaya na ngayon ang ika-115 na pagdiriwang ng pinakaunang
labanan ng Himagsikan bago pa man ang pangkalahataang pag-aaklas? Ngayon
unang lum...
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