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#97:  DOL's New Independent Contractor Regulation

NH Construction Law

In an effort to avoid the costs and risks associated with the employment relation, contractors and construction managers often prefer to hire workers as “independent contractors” rather than employees. And occasionally, they misclassify workers as independent contractors when legally they are not – with nasty consequences.

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#94:  Trump, Biden and the Construction Industry

NH Construction Law

The rule would test whether a worker is in business for himself or herself (independent contractor) or is economically dependent on a putative employer for work (employee), by focusing on the nature and degree of the worker’s control over the work and the worker’s opportunity for profit or loss based on initiative and/or investment.