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The Impact of Employee Misclassification

Published by Workers' Injury Law & Advocacy Group
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Summary
Dishonest employers are misclassifying more and more workers as independent contractors. This misclassification is a fraud that wrongfully denies these employees workers’ compensation when injured, denies the government millions of dollars in payroll taxes to support Medicare, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, and these workers fundamental rights under various state and federal laws. It is another way employers shift the cost of accident and injury to the taxpayer. As this fraud continues to grow, particularly in construction, honest employers who want to abide by the law and help their employees are faced with a growing reality: as they continue to lose business to competitors who cheat the system, they will either go out of business or they will join those who cheat. It is important to be able to spot misclassification and to understand the methods used by these dishonest employers. Anyone who represents workers or who cares about preserving honesty and fair play in business dealings should be fully aware of this growing national problem and do everything possible to stop it.

Presenters
Leonard Jernigan

Leonard Jernigan grew up in Chapel Hill, N.C. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, in Deerfield, Massachusetts; the... Read MoreLeonard Jernigan grew up in Chapel Hill, N.C. He is a graduate of Deerfield Academy, in Deerfield, Massachusetts; the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and North Carolina Central University School of Law; he is the author of North Carolina Workers' Compensation - Law and Practice (first published in 1988 and now in its 4th Edition); he is an adjunct law professor at N.C. Central University School of Law, and is certified as a Specialist in Workers’ Compensation Law by the N.C. State Bar.

He is a past President and one of the founding lawyers of WILG (Workers’ Injury Law and Advocacy Group); a member of the Workers’ Compensation Panel of Attorneys for the National Football League Players’ Association, The National Hockey League Players’ Association and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. He is a former chair of the Workers’ Compensation Section of AAJ (American Association of Justice) and a former Section Chair for the North Carolina Bar Association; He has also been selected as a member of the ABA’s College of Workers’ Compensation Lawyers.

He practices with the Jernigan Law Firm in Raleigh, N.C. with two other lawyers and restricts his practice to workers’ compensation and civil litigation, including jury trials. He has been following the fraud issue in workers’ compensation since 1996 and publishes a top ten list of fraud cases each year. He is married and has two daughters, one of whom is a lawyer in Raleigh. His main hobby right now is managing a bee hive near his house.   Read Less

Matt Capece
Representative of the General President - United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America

Matthew F. Capece, Esq. is a Representative of the General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of... Read MoreMatthew F. Capece, Esq. is a Representative of the General President of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America. He graduated from the University of Connecticut School of Law with a JD and an award in labor-law studies. He has been a specialist in matters involving employment tax fraud, workers’ compensation insurance premium fraud and wage theft in the construction industry since 1989. His duties include tracking state and federal legislation and law-enforcement cases. Much of his time is spent meeting regularly with policy makers and law enforcement agencies as well as construction workers and employers who have been victimized by fraudulent business practices. He is licensed to practice law in Connecticut and Washington DC.   Read Less


Originally Published
February 15, 2018

Program Titles and Supporting Materials
This program contains the following components:
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Video
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 1
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 2
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 3
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 4
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 5
  • The Impact of Employee Misclassification - Paper 6

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