In this rapidly changing business landscape, the pressure to adapt, foresee and manage legal risk while reducing spend continues to rise for in-house lawyers responsible for labor and employment. International law firm Proskauer has released its report on their second Value Insights: Delivering Value In Labor and Employment Law survey which addresses how in-house counsel can better maximize the performance of their own legal team; optimize partnerships with outside counsel; enhance collaboration with HR and other […]

Employers can hire two types of workers – employees and independent contractors – and there are serious consequences to misclassifying workers as independent contractors when they are actually employees.

Generally, you must withhold income taxes, withhold and pay Social Security and Medicare taxes, and pay unemployment tax on wages paid to employees. You do not generally have to withhold or pay any taxes on payments to independent contractors.

Employees also enjoy many workplace protections to which […]