The United States Department of Labor has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Vermont Department of Labor that is designed to protect employees’ rights by preventing their misclassification as independent contractors or other non-employee statuses. According to the agreement, the agencies are attempting to more effectively and efficiently communicate and cooperate on areas of common interest, including sharing training materials and information, providing employers and employees with compliance assistance information, and conducting coordinated investigations. The goal of the agreement is to protect wages, retirement income, equal employment opportunity, and to ensure a level playing field for law-abiding businesses and proper compliance with applicable tax laws.
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