N.H. Senator Wants Payroll Allegations Probed

A New Hampshire state senator has called for the attorney general's office to investigate union complaints that a Hilton Inn construction project in Portsmouth is misclassifying workers as independent contractors. State Sen. Martha Fuller Clark, D-Portsmouth, late last week formally requested the state's attorney general to investigate the contractors of the Hilton Garden Inn, the Portsmouth Herald reported. Construction trade unions have charged the contractors are classifying workers for the $30 million project as "independent contractors" to avoid paying taxes and health benefits, and b...