Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) Secretary Jennifer Berrier today announced that the Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees, a bipartisan-nominated group of volunteers representing business, labor, and government perspectives, has submitted its annual report to the General Assembly with 15 unanimous recommendations.

The Joint Task Force was created by Act 85 of 2020 to study the worker misclassification issue and its impact on the commonwealth. Misclassification of employees occurs when a business wrongfully classifies a worker as an independent contractor when the nature, type, and oversight of their work determines that they should be considered an employee under the law.

"Worker misclassification is an issue that demands reform because it harms every aspect of our economy – from individuals wrongly denied protections like workers' compensation insurance to law-abiding employers competing on an uneven playing field to Pennsylvania taxpayers forced to cover the cost of lost revenue in the commonwealth's General Fund and Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund," Secretary Berrier said. "I want to thank the members of the task force for their diligent work to develop these recommendations, and I urge the General Assembly to strongly consider them."

The Joint Task Force has held monthly meetings since January 2021 to study misclassification and will continue to meet through December 2022, when its authority under Act 85...

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