The state is stepping up enforcement of labor laws, but are the penalties for misclassification tough enough?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story and other issues with Sunrise and Noon News Anchor Frank Coletta. Because of Coletta’s retirement on July 26, this is the final version of this segment after more than a 30-year run with Providence Business News.
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This week Murphy and Coletta discuss PBN staff writer Mary MacDonald’s look into the issue of misclassification of workers in the construction industry, an illegal practice that is costing those companies following the law contracts and money, in a piece called “Legal contractors losing out.”
