Interest Groups Negotiating Compromise on Comp Fraud Database

By Michael Whiteley, Eastern Bureau ChiefRepresentatives for Florida's check-cashing industry and a union that represents construction workers are negotiating a compromise with state regulators to pass legislation that would create a real-time database to uncover shady check-cashing houses and contractors that use them to evade payroll taxes and workers' comp premiums.If House Bill 217 is approved, Florida's 1,133 check-cashing houses would be required to upload data to a new state database for all business checks of more than $1,000. Construction companies often use check-cashing ...