![]() ![]() Independent contractors do not receive rights or protection under the Act that employees do. ![]() The Board cited to the “absence of any Board precedent” finding that an “employer’s misclassification of its employees as independent contractors standing alone, is a per se violation of the Act.” Without some coercion, threat, retaliation, or promise of benefits by the employer, the Board refused to find that the mere misclassification constituted a violation. 61 (2019), the Board found that an employer’s misclassification of workers as independent contractors is not a violation of the Act. ![]() On August 29, 2019, the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) refused to extend the National Labor Relations Act (the “Act”) to create a new standalone violation under Section 8(a)(1). ![]()
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