Given Evergreen’s health-conscious community, they decided to specialize in organic and fair-trade coffee sourced directly from farmers. (Credit: Monthira Yodtiwong | Dreamstime.com)
“Employers should know that the U.S. Department of Labor takes misclassifying employees as independent contractors very seriously. Attempts to avoid complying with the law will be met with litigation to ensure that workers receive the wages they’re owed.”
— Jeffrey S. Rogoff, regional solicitor, U.S. Labor Department