Court Upholds Finding of Payroll Misclassification by Construction Co.

A divided Ohio appellate court upheld a determination that a construction company had misclassified a substantial number of its employees and underreported its payroll by nearly $1 million. Case: BNA Construction v. Director of the State of Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, No. 16AP-317, 08/15/2017, published. Facts: The Office of Unemployment Compensation at the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services conducted an employment audit of BNA Construction in 2013. After a preliminary review of the records, the auditor informed BNA that she would be reclassifying all of the com...