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New Data Needed: Improving New Jersey's Enforcement of Employee Misclassification Laws50 Rutgers L. Rec. 248 (2023) | WestLaw | LexisNexis | PDF Introduction In the United States, thousands of employees in the private sector are misclassified as independent contractors.1 Employers have used misclassification to withhold workers' benefits such as well-earned wages, benefits, and sick leave.2 This has a deleterious effect on working conditions and a cumulative effect on income inequality.3 The rise of employee misclassification has both federal and state governments scrambling to enforce employee misclassification statutes with mixed results.4 Although some states use a broader definition of what constitutes an employee to enforce employee misclassification, the number of misclassifications demonstrates effective enforcement is still an ongoing issue.5 Because of this lack of effective enforcement, employee misclassification persists in the workforce.6 1Independent Contractor Misclassification Imposes Huge Costs on Workers and Federal and State Treasuries, National Employment Law Project (October 2020), https://s27147.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/Independent- Contractor-Misclassification-Imposes-Huge-Costs-Indep 5 See Carre, supra at note 1. |
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