misclassify

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Recent Examples on the Web Labor advocates have supported the rule, saying employers have exploited lax rules to misclassify workers and avoid properly compensating them. Jonathan Mattise, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2024 The Labor Department said the rule would boost enforcement against businesses that misclassify workers as contractors to save money. Harold Maass, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024 Last October, the agency reversed a Trump-era rule that permitted gig-economy employers to misclassify their workforce. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023 But Rhode Island can’t make the sweeping assumption that these employers misclassify workers in good faith while the economic toll on our state’s treasury continues to rack up millions of dollars in unpaid payroll taxes each year. Gregory Mancini, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for misclassify 

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“Misclassify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misclassify. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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