From the Boston Globe Business Team
Task force to examine underground economy
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March 12, 2008 03:25 PM
A state panel will examine the so-called underground economy in Massachusetts, considered to be work done by people who are paid under the table.
Governor Deval Patrick today signed an order creating the Joint Task Force on the Underground Economy and Employment Misclassification.
The panel will consider steps to expand enforcement against employers who misclassify workers as contractors to evade taxes and skirt labor and licensing laws. In some cases, workers are paid only in cash.
Patrick says such practices are unfair to businesses that obey the law.
(AP)
