Construction Citizen
November 23rd, 2011
Worker misclassification is becoming more and more of a problem as underhanded hiring by some companies harms not just the underpaid workers, but also the employers who play by the rules. Employers who hire legal workers and...
October 31st, 2011
While the "Occupy" movement protests broken labor ethics and a lack of U.S. jobs in New York's Zuccotti Park, there is a growing shortage of skilled craftspeople in America to work on building projects such as World Trade...
July 9th, 2011
A couple weeks ago, TexasGOPVote blogger, Bob Price, discussed the lack of leadership in this past Texas Legislative Session in the area of wage theft and worker misclassification:"There were many successes in this...
November 16th, 2011
In a recent survey of American teachers, it was reported that 76% of middle school students say that they plan to pursue a college degree or higher, but in actuality, only 28% of these students will actually attend a...
July 14th, 2011
Employee misclassification raises its ugly head once again. This time in a Dallas area school district that is building a new Center for the Performing Arts using contractors who are not properly classifying their employees...
April 6th, 2011
Employee misclassification is theft and cheating. Misclassification is where an employer hires someone to work for them, but rather than honestly classify them an employee, they misclassify them as an independent contractor...