Misclassification of Independent Contractors

Los Angeles partner Pascal Benyamini presented to the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Tooling & Machining Association, a trade group comprised of manufacturers. Pascal presented on Misclassification of Independent Contractors. Employers learned what different factors are used by different government agencies and courts in determining whether a worker is correctly classified as an independent contractor, best practices in properly classifying workers as independent contractors, and what liabilities, including penalties, employers may face if they misclassify workers as independent contractors.