Change to Win Hails Bill to Stop Wage Theft Due to Misclassification
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WASHINGTON, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Change to Win executive director Greg Tarpinian on the introduction today of federal legislation to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors.
"Change to Win applauds the introduction of the Employee Misclassification Prevention Act of 2008. This legislation will go a long way to prevent and redress theft by unscrupulous companies that misclassify their employees as independent contractors in order to deny them legal wages and benefits.
"Workers who are misclassified are cheated out of their basic rights to minimum wage and overtime pay, as well as unemployment insurance and workers' compensation. Misclassification allows low-road employers to undercut and underbid responsible employers. And every year, all levels of government are cheated out of billions of dollars in revenue, which means law-abiding employers and taxpayers end up paying more than their fair share.
"The Employee Misclassification Prevention Act of 2008, introduced by Reps. Rob Andrews, D-N.J., Lynn Woolsey, D-Calif., Michael Michaud, D-Maine, and Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., would clarify that misclassification is a prohibited act under the Fair Labor Standards Act. It would increase penalties under appropriate circumstances, and it would require the Department of Labor and the states to work together to better detect misclassification.
"Passage of this worker rights legislation, combined with the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act introduced last month that takes aim at tax avoidance by employers that misclassify their workers, would constitute a double-barreled solution to this insidious and growing abuse."
About Change to Win
Seven unions and six million workers united in Change to Win to build a new movement of working people equipped to meet the challenges of the global economy and restore the American Dream in the 21st century: a paycheck that can support a family, affordable health care, a secure retirement and dignity on the job. The seven partner unions are: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Laborers' International Union of North America, Service Employees International Union, UNITE HERE, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, United Farm Workers of America, and United Food and Commercial Workers International Union.
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