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	<title>Working the Law: News and Views on Employment Issues&#187; Independent Contractors</title>
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	<description>By Massachusetts Employment Lawyer Jack Merrill</description>
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		<title>Legislature Holds Hearing on Bills that would Rewrite Independent Contractor Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A committee of the Massachusetts state legislature held a hearing on November 3, 2011 to take input on 4 pending bills that aim to revise the state&#8217;s independent contractor statute. The law has been under fire from some circles due to language that, read literally, essentially bans the use of contractors in Massachusetts. It&#8217;s not the first time opposition forces [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enforcing Noncompetion Agreements against Independent Contractors may be Problematic for Employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if employers don&#8217;t have enough to worry about when they try to enforce noncompetition agrreements against their former employers, some are discovering that things get even trickier when they look to do so against workers who were arguably misclassified as independent contractors. In addition to the normal hurdles &#8212; including proving that a valid contract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workers&#8217; Comp Insurance No Bar to Suit by Independent Contractors Hurt on the Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Judicial Court has added yet another reason for employers to properly classify their workers &#8212; the threat of a direct lawsuit by non-employees injured on the job, even if those workers first collect hefty workers&#8217; compensation payouts. In a May 23, 2011 decision, the Court held that the state law barring injured employees from suing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misclassifying Workers Can Mean Big, Big Damages</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employers who misclassify their workers as independent contractors now have even more to worry about. In August, the state&#8217;s highest court made clear they could pay huge damages for this transgression of the law, even if they merely made an honest mistake. In a majority opinion, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded that employers can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Massachusetts Attacks Independent Contractors</title>
		<link>http://www.framinghamlegal.com/2009/03/massachusetts-attacks-independent-contractors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jack</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2004, Massachusetts changed its independent contractor law in a rather radical way. The amendment essentially banned the use of independent contractors in the Commonwealth, regardless whether workers and employers agreed that the arrangement made good business sense. The new law so narrowly defined who could and couldn’t be an independent contractor that most observers [...]]]></description>
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