On Friday, February 11, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute will host a seminar titled Independent Contractor v. Employee: Repercussions of Misclassification. The program is located at PBI's CLE Conference Center in the Wanamaker Building in Central Philadelphia. The session begins at noon and ends at 3:15 p.m.
Economic volatility has led many employers to use independent contractors, in an effort to avoid payroll and other administrative costs. At the same time, cash-strapped state and federal governments looking for new sources of revenue have stepped up audits and fraud investigations to unearth employees masquerading as independent contractors. How an employer classifies a worker - even if the worker agrees to the independent contractor label - does not convert a common law employee into an independent contractor. The IRS, Department of Labor, and courts apply various tests to determine whether the employer exercised sufficient control over the worker to establish an employment relationship. This seminar reviews the exposure for employers misclassifying employees and teaches them how to analyze whether workers are actually employees or simply independent contractors. The class will offer ways to achieve the goal of avoiding or defending against a governmental audit.
The speaker for the program is Caren Litvin, partner, Paisner-Litvin LLP.
For information about available CLE credits and fees, visit CLE Events on The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel website at www.metrocorpcounsel.com.
To register, visit www.pbi.org.