Senate Wants Comp Board to Report Yearly on Misclassification

The Indiana Senate this week stepped into the issue of worker misclassification by approving a bill that would require the state Workers' Compensation Board and three other agencies to annually report on the extent of the problem. Senate Bill 309, sponsored by Sen. David Niezgodski, D-South Bend, would require the agencies to report the number of employers who misclassify at least one worker. The bill also would require the agencies to report the total number of improperly classified workers; the tax revenue not collected and other costs to the state because of the mis...