The U.S. Department of Labor today outlined its part of the president's fiscal year 2013 budget request to Congress.
In FY 2013, the department will continue to protect workers and level the playing field for businesses by providing the Wage and Hour Division with $10 million to combat worker misclassification and other violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act. When workers are misclassified as independent contractors, they are deprived of benefits and protections to which they are legally entitled, and law-abiding businesses are placed at a disadvantage against employers who violate the law.
For more information on the president's FY 2013 budget request for the Department of Labor, visit http://www.dol.gov/budget/.
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