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		<title><![CDATA[Contractor Nightmares (and How to Avoid Them)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one foresees workplace nightmares. But when you hire contract workers, they're even more likely to occur.                      The Disappearing Contractor    	  	  Barring, say,...]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federal Express is just the latest company to face big IRS fines for mishandling contractors. Here's how to manage ICs the right way.    	  		  			Decide Whether You Need One  			  				Goal:   				Learn what contractors can do for you &#8212; and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRS Reaffirms Decision That Ex-Wisconsin FedEx Ground Driver Was Not an Independent Contractor]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Internal Revenue Service has reaffirmed its earlier decision that a FedEx Ground driver is an employee of the company and not an independent contractor, as FedEx claimed.  As a result, the driver should have not WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Taxing situation for independents; IRS ombudsman advocates withholding for reps.(News)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Bruce Kelly       The "independent-contractor'' status of the 150,000  or so registered representatives who work as brokers affiliated with  broker-dealers may be in jeopardy once again.       Such brokers aren't employed by a broker-deal   ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tax law changes bode well for independent contractors.(Finance)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: BARBARA PAYNE    Independent contractors and those who employ their services might  be in for a few surprises on their tax returns this year.    A newly powerful bonus depreciation clause offers potentially big  benefits to independent contracto  Byline: BARBARA PAYNE ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Legal Briefs: Independent contractor's injuries not covered.(Perspectives)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A full-time worker who was hurt as an independent contractor for  another company was not entitled to medical expense coverage under his  employer's Employee Retirement Income Security Act health plan, the  6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.    Mi  A full-time worker who...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[EEOC files age suit against allstate. (Late Breaking News).(U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed an age-discrimination suit against Allstate Corp.)(Brief Article)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a suit  against Allstate Corp., alleging it engaged in age-discrimination  against its agents.    The suit was filed just before the new year in the U.S. District  Court in Philadelphia.    Talks be  U.S. Equal...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[What is an employee? The answer depends on the Federal law; in a legal context, the classification of a worker as either an employee or an independent contractor can have significant consequences - What is an Employee? - United States labor legislation - ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the American workplace today, a full-time, 40-hour-a-week employee who stays with the same employer performing the same job over the course of an entire worklife would be viewed as a rarity, or at least as a person found in lesser proportion in the U.S. workforce than in decades past....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Allstate has its hands full.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fired life agents are latest group to seek EEOC intervention       Another group of fired agents says that Allstate Corp. has given  them the back of its hand.       The company in June fired 683 life insurance agents and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2001 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Contractor push costs Allstate 1,300 agents.(Allstate Corp.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 1,300 of Allstate Corp.'s insurance agents have  decided to quit rather than become independent contractors serving the  company.    The departures came as Allstate, the country's biggest  publicly traded personal lines insurer, pushed ahead w  More than 1,300 of Allstate Corp.'s insurance...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2000 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tune up temporary work arrangements ;Misclassifying workers invites litigation.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_200002/ai_n20171177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[THE BUREAU OF LABOR Statistics has estimated that independent  contractors, temporary-help agency workers and other "alternative  workers" make up 10% of the nation's workforce. The ranks of  temporary workers, in particular, have more than do  THE BUREAU OF LABOR Statistics has estimated that independent  contractors,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2000 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Publisher sued over benefits.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time Warner denies federal charges it misclassified temporary  workers    ROSEANNE WHITE    A government lawsuit sounds another warning that employers must be  extremely careful if they exclude temporary employees or independent  contractors from benefi  Time Warner denies federal charges it misclassified...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 1998 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Ruling on temps likely to have permanent effect. (temporary agencies)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5252/is_199612/ai_n20173476]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Companies that continue to use long-term independent contractors are  likely to closely examine their plan language now in light of the recent  Microsoft decision, say observers.  A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found in October that  Microsoft Companies that continue to use long-term independent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 1996 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRS eases pain of employee reclassification.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5250/is_199604/ai_n20078721]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[For several years, the IRS has aggressively audited many small  businesses to determine whether workers classified as independent  contractors should be reclassified as employees.  The cost of such a reclassification can be financially crippling to a  smaFor several years, the IRS has aggressively audited many small...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 1996 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRS foregoes new tax rules for independent contractors. (Internal Revenue Service, independent insurance contractors)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199410/ai_n21979150]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Internal Revenue Service has made a decision to not implement new tax rules for independent insurance contractors. The new rules would have established whether independent contractors, who conduct their securities activities through broker/dealers, arThe Internal Revenue Service has made a decision to not implement new tax rules for independent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 1994 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Agents: employees or independent contractors? (Tax Facts & Tactics)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5557/is_199311/ai_n21978006]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The classification of an insurance agent as an employee or an independent contractor affects the treatment of the agent by the Internal Revenue Service IRS and the insurance companies' administration of benefits and salary. The IRS classifies insurance The classification of an insurance agent as an employee or an independent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 1993 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Employee or independent contractor? IRS has the final word.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5931/is_199209/ai_n23859252]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A company can be liable for back taxes, interest and penalties if an IRS audit shows that the employer has been categorizing workers as independent contractors when they are really regular employees. The contents of the SS-8, a form published by the IRS, A company can be liable for back...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 1992 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[IRS meets opposition in efforts to reclassify independent contractors. (National Association of the Remodeling Industry submits testimony against Internal Revenue Service policy)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5931/is_199201/ai_n23857240]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[IRS meets opposition in efforts to reclassify independent contractors  IRS meets opposition in efforts to reclassify independent contractors  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 1992 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tax law interpretation could hit agents, cos.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5249/is_199012/ai_n20016082]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tax Law Interpretation Could Hit Agents, Cos.    WASHINGTON--Insurance representatives are hoping that the 102nd  Congress will resolve an ongoing controversy over a technical yet vital  area of tax law: the classification of workers as independent  contrTax Law Interpretation Could Hit Agents, Cos.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 1990 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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