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Idaho Partners with DOL to Prevent Employee Misclassification
Practical Law Legal Update 9-618-1052 (Approx. 3 pages)
Idaho Partners with DOL to Prevent Employee Misclassification
by Practical Law Labor & Employment
| Published on 14 Aug 2015 • Idaho |
The US Department of Labor (US DOL) and the Idaho Department of Labor (Idaho DOL) have signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors or other non-employees. Under the MOU, the US and Idaho DOLs may share information and coordinate law enforcement.
On August 6, 2015, the US DOL's Wage and Hour Division announced that it had signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Idaho Department of Labor (Idaho DOL) to prevent the misclassification of employees as independent contractors or other non-employees. Under the MOU, both the US and the Idaho DOLs may:
- Share information.
- Coordinate law enforcement.
Idaho is the most recent state agency to join this initiative with the US DOL. Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming agencies all have signed similar agreements.
For more information on misclassifying workers as independent contractors, see Practice Note, Independent Contractor Classification.