U.S. DOL -- FY 2011 Budget Fights Workplace Fraud
Sec. Hilda Solis announces $25 Million for misclassification initiative, including 100 new enforcement personnel. Funding also requested for a competitive grant program to bolster growing state efforts.

U.S. SENATE -- Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability, and Consistency Act of 2009  
Sen. John Kerry, Six Co-Sponsors Offer Bill to Close Misclassification Loophole, Tighten Definition of "Employee," and require stricter IRS reporting and enforcement

U.S. GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE  
GAO Study Says 'Misclassification a Problem' with Annual Losses of More Than $1.6 Billion;
DOL, IRS, OSHA Agree With Calls for Increased Cooperation and Enforcement
[UBC Summary with link to full text]

WASHINGTON DC    
U.S. Treasury Dept. IG Study Cites Billions in Taxes Lost to Misclassification;
Calls for IRS-Wide Coordination Unit and Full Research on Current Costs
[Summary with link to full text]

MASSACHUSETTS

$1.6 Million Collected in Taxes, Insurance, Fines, and Restitution, Says Annual Report of
Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employee Misclassification

OREGON    
Governor Enacts Misclassification Task Force      (WorkCompCentral.com)

NEBRASKA     
New Laws Against Misclassification, Worker Comp Fraud     (WorkCompCentral.com)

WASHINGTON   
Contractor Pleads Guilty to Felony Theft of Sales Tax, Workers Comp Fraud;
Must Pay $2.1 million in Restitution; Faces Sentence of up to 9-1/2 Years

NEW YORK   
Park Avenue Accountant Guilty in Workers Comp Scheme

DELAWARE    
Landmark Workforce Fraud Act Signed; Sponsor Cites Payroll Fraud,
Says "bill will level the playing field for construction businesses."   

CALIFORNIA   
Contractor Gets 1-year Term for Tax Evasion to Avoid Workers Comp Payments

LOUISIANA   
Louisiana Workforce Commission Announces Arrest for Alleged Certificate Fraud;
Third Arrest in Two-Day Crackdown by Insurance Task Force     (WorkCompCentral.com)

MARYLAND   
Gov. O'Malley Orders Joint Enforcement Task Force on Workplace Fraud;
Executive Order Puts All Key Agencies in Hunt for Violations of New Statute

NEW JERSEY

Labor Agency Will Use Wage-and-Hour Team, Stop-Work Authority in
Crackdown on Workers Comp, Misclassification Violators     (WorkCompCentral.com)

NEW HAMPSHIRE   
New Law Says Contractors on State College Work Must Disclose and Post
Names of and Workers Comp Carriers for all Sub- and Independent Contractors.

NEW YORK    State's Business Advocate Says Workers Comp Reforms are Reducing Costs    

UTAH     Employers Wrongly Misclassify Workers to Avoid Payroll Taxes  (Salt Lake Tribune)   

FLORIDA   18 yrs, $11M Forfeiture in Contractor Payroll Fraud Check-Cashing Scam    

MASSACHUSETTS   Garcia Drywall to pay $60,000 for Willful Payroll Fraud, Misclassification   

CALIFORNIA  106 Felony Counts in $38 Million W Comp Premium Fraud; Largest Such CA Case

MARYLAND    Gov. O'Malley Signs Tough New Workplace Fraud Act    (WorkCompCentral.com)

NEW YORK   Construction Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges      

MASSACHUSETTS  Roofing Company Owner Indicted for Fraud

FLORIDA:   Construction Company Owners Get Prison Time for Payroll Fraud      

OREGON:    Attorney General Announces Major Racketeering Conviction

NEBRASKA:    Tufly Commercial Pleads Guilty to Harboring Illegals to Work on Secure DoD Site

MAINE:    Exec. Order Creates Joint Enforcement Task Force on Employee Misclassification

CONNECTICUT  Stop-Work Orders Put Brakes on Employers Avoiding State Laws

MINNESOTA   Judge Approves Rules to Fight Misclassification

FLORIDA   Sentences, Fines for Five in $15M Workers Comp Check-Cashing Scheme

WHITE HOUSE   Misclassification to be on Obama Agenda   (WorkCompCentral.com)