How to Use misclassification in a Sentence

misclassification

noun

• This comes just weeks after the state settled a $100 million claim against Uber for misclassification of workers.
  — Katie Sobko, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2022
• One risk of this is that misclassification could lead to readings being ignored.
  — Devabhaktuni Srikrishna, STAT, 15 Aug. 2023
• With art, there are places in an image where distortions need to be applied to result in misclassification and are more numerous and in diverse parts of the image.
  — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2023
• For instance, if some bears are photographed more often in light than in dark conditions, the lighting difference can cause misclassification of the bears.
  — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2020
• One way this erasure happens is through racial misclassification, Echo-Hawk says.
  — Lizzie Wade, Science | AAAS, 24 Sep. 2020
• Aguilar became aware of how common racial misclassification was in the run-up to the census last spring, which motivated her to ensure her relatives’ deaths were counted.
  — Kate Cimini, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2021
• Worker misclassification is a serious problem, but evidence of a large increase in full-time gig work just isn’t there.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
• The margins were noticeably higher in deaths of non-Hispanic Black people, with a misclassification rate of 59.5%.
  — Michela Moscufo, ABC News, 6 July 2022
• What’s often overlooked is who pays the costs of misclassification by shipping companies.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2022
• The pandemic has also laid bare issues with the way the government measures this rate, as the misclassification of some workers has led to an underreporting of joblessness.
  — Jason Hoffman, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
• But a misclassification error is sparking debate over how to interpret the data, muddling the picture for investors.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 8 June 2020
• Yet the unintended impact that AB 5 is having on strip clubs serves as a warning to policymakers who focus too much on misclassification in the gig economy.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2022
• There might be similarities between gig workers and dancers, who have struggled with job misclassification for decades.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2022
• But other studies have questioned whether misclassification of deaths among Black people might affect the accuracy of those numbers.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• The rule change may also have created inconsistency and misclassification of coronavirus deaths at a time when the data has become politicized.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2020
• Turtles were not categorized as vocal in the earlier study—something that the new paper indicates was a misclassification and that appears to alter the conclusions made from the 2020 analysis.
  — Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 25 Oct. 2022
• Various drivers and couriers have joined forces in misclassification lawsuits against Uber, Lyft and other gig companies.
  — Carolyn Said, SFChronicle.com, 14 Jan. 2021
• It’s not fully understood why this happens, but can arise from sparse data, information gaps and misclassification.
  — Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• She was tasked with implementing state laws that cracked down on the misclassification of gig economy workers and independent contractors.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
• More critically for gig workers and many other independent contractors, the court did not solve the misclassification problem.
  — Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 2 May 2022
• Thus, the franchisor was entitled to summary judgment on the labor law misclassification claims, and class certification was denied.
  — Tony Marks, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• The bills also hone in on the construction industry, with enhanced criminal penalties, including felony charges, for misclassification of employees.
  — Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2023
• By the institute’s calculation, after adjusting for misclassification and undercounting and factoring in those considered to have quit the labor force, 26.8 million workers are jobless or have seen a drop in hours and pay because of the pandemic.
  — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• Credit card holders were not affected by the misclassification, Discover said in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• While President Biden campaigned on a promise of reclassifying many contractors as employees and his Department of Labor is working on a new rule to address worker misclassification, gig workers have grown frustrated with the lack of progress.
  — WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
• Private lawyers have also pursued misclassification cases against the gig companies.
  — Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Aug. 2021
• In a revision, a company addresses more minor problems—for example, a misclassification of cash flows—by correcting the error in future financial statements without needing to alert investors.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 11 Feb. 2022
• This misclassification then led to Uber and Raiser not paying their share of New Jersey payroll taxes for things like unemployment, workforce development and temporary disability.
  — Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2022
• Some lawyers said only an increase in the limit below which workers automatically receive overtime pay is likely to meaningfully rein in misclassification.
  — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2023
• Our state needs to crack down on businesses that knowingly and willfully commit wage theft, especially in worker misclassification cases, by prosecuting these offenses as felonies.
  — Gregory Mancini, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023

Last Updated: 24 Sep 2024