Monthly archive for July 2015

Originally posted at paulmcinnes.com A report released Wednesday asserts that two-thirds of the nation’s truck drivers who haul goods from U.S. seaports, such as the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, are misclassified as independent contractors, a distinction some labor advocates say allows trucking companies to skirt labor laws.

On June 16, 2015, Forbes columnist and senior editor Daniel Fisher, who covers finance, the law, and how the two interact, posted on his column a guest post by Richard Reibstein, one of the co-publishers of this blog, entitled “Is Your Company On The Independent Contractor Hit List?” The text of that guest post follows.