The federal government gave $10.2 million to 19 state unemployment programs to help these states with their detection and enforcement activities regarding worker misclassification (i.e., treating workers as independent contractors who should really be classified as employees). Four of these states (Maryland, New Jersey, Texas, and Utah) received the lion’s share of the grant because of a “high performance bonus.”
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