Sentences with phrase «enacted stiffer penalties»

As previously reported on the ESR News blog «California SB 459 Enacts Stiff Penalties for Employers Willfully Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors,» the passing of AB 459 and the growing trend of scrutinizing worker classification relates to the background screening industry since some background screening firms use at - home workers to make verification phone calls that may be misclassified as independent contractors.