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State slapped down on misclassification: Employers don’t have to defend themselves twice

08/22/2013

A California Court of Appeal has held that an employer does not have to endure two trials on whether its workers are employees or independent contractors. The decision was based on the legal principle of collateral estoppel, since the company had already litigated the issue with a state agency.

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