Misclassification Panel Members to Call New York Counterparts

A Michigan task force on employee misclassification plans to hold a conference call next week with New York officials who also have been looking at the problem of employers classifying employees as independent contractors, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth reported Wednesday.Department spokesman Norm Isotalo said the education committee of the Michigan Interagency Task Force on Employee Misclassification announced the information-gathering effort during its meeting Tuesday in Lansing. The task force was created in February through an executive order by Gov...