Lawmakers Charge Commission With Cracking Down on Employee Misclassification

North Carolina lawmakers have passed legislation to curb employee misclassification, three years after journalists digging into the issue determined the practice cost the state $467 million in state and federal tax revenues annually in the construction industry alone. The House of Representatives on Thursday returned for a one-day special session following its June 30 adjournment and unanimously passed Senate Bill 407, the Employee Fair Classification Act. Sponsored by Sen. Andy Wells, R-Hickory, the measure creates the Employee Classification Section under the state Industrial Comm...