United States:
Richard Alfred Interviewed By NPR, "Employee Or Contractor? New U.S. Guidelines Could Reclassify Workers"
27 July 2015
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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Richard Alfred was interviewed in a July 16 story by
NPR on the administrator of the Labor Department's
Wage and Hour Division's new guidance on how to determine
whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee.
Alfred said that the administrator has expressed the Wage and Hour
Division's hostility to the use of independent contractors by
employers. You can listen to the full story here.
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