From the Hawaii Employment Law Blog, Roman Amaguin discusses the risks in Hawaii of misclassifying a worker as an independent contractor instead of an employee.  He writes: “Hawaii employers continue to take a risk when they classify someone performing services for them as an independent contractor instead of an employee. Because employers owe contractors far…

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From the Maui News —  Pamela Tumpap, president of the Maui Chamber of Commerce, writes about the progress of proposed legislation that clarifies whether a worker is an employee or independent contracdtor. One of the bills provides for a certification process for an independent contract.  Ms. Tumpap also describes the common problem of the costs…

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