DLI Rules Would Authorize Max Penalty for Misclassification

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry proposed rules that would add intentional misclassification to the list of violations that justify assessing the maximum penalty. The department will hold a hearing Aug. 1 on the proposed rules that it says are necessary to disincentivize the practice of misclassification. “Wage and hour, workers' compensation, unemployment insurance and human rights protections are all conditioned on employee status,” the department said in rulemaking materials. “When a hiring agent represents to a worker that the worker is not entitled...