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		<title>Is the New IRS Independent Contractor Amnesty Program for you?</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2011/10/is-the-new-irs-independent-contractor-amnesty-program-for-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angie</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contingent Workforce Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Classification]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IRS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[New IRS amnesty program lets companies reclassify independent contractors as employees with reduced liability for back taxes
Right around the same time the federal government announced a new $46M enforcement effort aimed at ferreting out independent contractors who have been misclassified, the IRS announced a new Voluntary Classification Settlement Program (VCSP) offering protection for employers who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WATCH OUT &#8211; California Targets Independent Contractor Misclassification with New Penalties</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2011/09/watch-out-california-targets-independent-contractor-misclassification-with-new-penalties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1099 Vs. Employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contingent Workforce Strategies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Summary: Last week, the California Legislature passed SB 459, known as the “Worker Misclassification” bill. This bill prohibits the willful misclassification of individuals as independent contractors and imposes penalties of between $5,000 and $25,000 per violation. In addition to these monetary penalties, violators are branded with a “scarlet letter” requiring them to prominently display a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guess Who&#8217;s In The News Again?</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/10/guess-whos-in-the-news-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Case Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employee Classification]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More negative news  hit the perennial compliance whipping boy as FedEx agreed to pay $2.3 million to the state of Montana for the improper classification of their delivery drivers as independent contractors. As part of the agreement with the state, Fedex Ground also agreed to change their business model from independent contractors to independent service [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Took You So Long?</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/10/what-took-you-so-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1099 Vs. Employee]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure  that some professional wrestlers wanted to give the  proverbial &#8220;what took you so long&#8221; body slam to officials from the state of Connecticut. You see, all of a sudden the state of Connecticut is going to examine whether or not the WWE appropriately classified their wrestlers as independent contractors.  Yes, the same wrestlers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FedEx Pays Up</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/07/fedex-pays-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lat Thursday, the Attorney General for Massachusetts announced that FedEx had agreed to pay $3 million dollars for misclassifying drivers as independent contractors. Worker misclassification has been problematic for the delivery company whose business model appears to classify a majority of their drivers, and what most people consider employees, independent contractors.
Fedex&#8217;s latest news maker is somewhat surprising since they&#8217;ve backed their business model [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Second Time Around</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/06/second-time-around/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 23:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employee Classification]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=140</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I used to hear the words,second time around, that late 70&#8217;s/early80&#8217;s r&#38;b song would always come to mind. Those days at the skate ranch will always be memorable. But enough about my r&#38;b infused memories. The second time around that I&#8217;m currently referring to involves independent contractor legislation.
In the last few months there has been legislation that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Misclassification Is Not Always Intentional</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/05/misclassification-is-not-always-intentional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 22:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1099 Vs. Employee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contingent Workforce Strategies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Independent Contractors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A  friend and I were talking the other day about how she had just visited a client who thought he was taking on his proper worker classification duty by the horns.  The client had advised my friend that he was being vigilant when bringing aboard independent contractors. For the most part, the client was sending  questionable independent contractors directly onto someones [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Class Action Lawsuits Look to Clips Hooters Wings</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/04/class-action-lawsuits-looking-to-clips-hooters-wings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/04/class-action-lawsuits-looking-to-clips-hooters-wings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 03:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>achavez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Case Studies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[By now, you might have seen a headline with the words lawsuit and Hooters occupying the same title.  If you didn&#8217;t bother to read on, you might have made an assumption that someone probably touched someone inappropriately and voila, a lawsuit appeared.  Well, that&#8217;s not what happened and because the lawsuit  initiated in California, it&#8217;s probably [...]]]></description>
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		<title>He Said, She Said, They Said</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/03/he-said-she-said-they-said/</link>
		<comments>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/03/he-said-she-said-they-said/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve probably been bombarded by more independent contractor news than you brain can handle..make that, wants to handle. Yes, independent contractor misclassification news has hit the print media, the airwaves, specific industry websites, the blogosphere and the local community bulletin board. Heck, it&#8217;s even infiltrated Youtube. Youtube? You betcha. Everywhere you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some For You and Some For You and&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/02/some-for-you-and-some-for-you-and/</link>
		<comments>http://www.securetalent.com/blogs/securetalent/index.php/2010/02/some-for-you-and-some-for-you-and/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m in middle of this long line that&#8217;s moving at a decent pace. From what I can see, a very distinguised looking gentleman at the front of the line appears to be handing out money. The line moves faster and before I know it, it&#8217;s my turn at the front. I look at the [...]]]></description>
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