Senate Approves Complex Independent Contractor Test

The West Virginia Senate on Friday approved a bill that would create a multi-part test to determine if a worker can be deemed an independent contractor. Senate Bill 272, sponsored by Senate President Craig Blair, a Republican, and by Sen. Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbriar, would go further than some states' employment tests. Requested by the governor, the measure seeks to end the confusion that has arisen in recent years, the bill explains. “Recent developments in the workforce marketplace, and in particular with the advent of the so-called 'gig,' 'entrepreneurial' or &...