Worker Classification: What's New and What You Need to Do

Vorys attorney Linda Mendel was a speaker at the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Webinar on September 12, 2013. Her presentation was titled Worker Classification: What’s New and What You Need to Do.

The program discussed the following:

• A brief summary of the worker classification issue
• A summary of the IRS Voluntary Classification Settlement Program, as modified by Announcements 2012-45 and 2012-46
• A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of using the new IRS Voluntary Classification Settlement Program and its implications for employee benefit programs
• A discussion of the importance of proper worker classification when complying with the Affordable Care Act