Jason DelgadoJanuary 20, 2022
3min0
The bill is one of many motivated by lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tag: independent contractors
Jason DelgadoJanuary 20, 2022
Mark BerginApril 10, 2020
6min720
Freelancers and independent contractors make up about 11% of the U.S. workforce.
Scott PowersJuly 30, 2018
4min1140
Republican gubernatorial candidate Gov. Rick Scott is blasting his U.S. Senate opponent Bill Nelson for reports that the Democratic incumbent U.S. Senator wasn’t paying payroll taxes to campaign staffers. “Stealing from Medicare,” a 30-second television and digital ad launching today, charges that Nelson is “stealing from Medicare and Social Security” by not paying the employers’ matching […]
Scott PowersJuly 17, 2018
4min442
Republican Gov. Rick Scott blasted his U.S. senate election opponent Bill Nelson on Tuesday, calling the Democratic U.S. senator a hypocrite for not paying payroll taxes or health care benefits for campaign staffers while railing against tax cuts and Republican opposition to health care programs in Washington. Scott was responding to reports that Nelson’s campaign […]
Ryan RayDecember 3, 2015
4min287
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity issued a final order Thursday afternoon ruling that drivers for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft are “independent contractors” rather than employees per se. As such, drivers for the transportation network companies do not qualify for unemployment benefits, which are paid in part by former employers of laid off workers. “The Department finds […]