Since Florida signed a memorandum of understanding on January 13, 2015, there are now 16 states with such understandings in place. This means that when any state reclassifies an independent contractor as an employee(something that may be done for unemployment benefits or worker compensation purposes), the information is passed on to the federal government (DOL, IRS). Companies with reclassified workers may owe back employment taxes to the government and fringe benefits to workers.
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