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What Happens if Employers Misclassify Employees as Independent Contractors?

It is imperative that employers take care in determining whether or not an individual is an employee or an independent contractor. Employers can save money and conserve resources by hiring independent contractors. But the savings will be negated by heavy penalties at the state and federal level if employers wrongly classify employees as independent contractors. These penalties may include:

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Understanding Different Types of Harassment

Many people may believe that sexual harassment is the one and only type of harassment that can happen to employees. In reality, sexual harassment is perhaps one of the most common forms of harassing behavior, but it is by far not the only one. In fact, many federal, state, and local government anti-discrimination laws have very specific provisions prohibiting harassment for what are sometimes very unique classes of individuals. The following is a primer on some other types of harassment that may occur in the workplace or elsewhere.

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