By WorkersCompensation.com
11/17/2015
Baton Rouge, LA (WorkersCompensation.com) – The Louisiana Workforce Commission is on track toward a second consecutive record-setting year in the identification of workers misclassified by employers as independent contractors.
Through November 12, 2015, LWC identified nearly 9,400 misclassified employees in audits of 865 companies. Audits in process through the end of 2015 are expected to surpass 2014’s record discovery of 12,782 misclassified employees.
Misclassifying employees as independent contractors can lead to companies not paying unemployment taxes, workers’ compensation premiums and their portion of Social Security and Medicare taxes. They may also gain an unfair competitive advantage over competitors by improperly lowering their labor costs.