By Michael Gualtieri, President, Messenger Courier Association of America and ProCourier Inc. All across the country cash-strapped states are looking at companies that use independent contractors as their pots of gold at the end of the fiscal rainbow. Enthusiast attorneys general are winding themselves up for the good fight about the “misclassification” of ICs. After all, if a true employee is “misclassified” as an independent contractor, then the employer owes the state unpaid taxes as well as contributions to the state’s unemployment trust fund and workers compensation pool. Cue the leprechauns to retrieve all that gold. Read more »

Contractor classification task force legislation progresses in Connecticut House. Read more »

In its most recent update, the Messenger Courier Association of America (MCAA) highlighted active legislation in 9 states and items in President Obama's budget that could affect the use of contractors by the industry. Read more »

In a statement released March 18th, Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announced that he has joined a multistate inquiry into how FedEx classifies its delivery drivers. In the statement, the Attorney General stated that he is determining whether FedEx misclassified its drivers as independent contractors rather than as employees. Worker misclassification can cause serious problems [...] Read more »