Home  >  News & Publications  >  White Collar Alert April 23, 2004 Are Your Independent Contractors Really Your Employees? - February 17, 2005 Printable Version THE NEW MASSACHUSETTS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR LAW MAY MAKE IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT TO HIRE WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS. PRESENTED BY ATTORNEY MICHAEL BERTONCINI OF MURPHY, HESSE, TOOMEY AND LEHANE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2005 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. South Shore Chamber of Commerce 36 Miller Stile Road, Quincy This seminar will focus on an overview of the new law, including: Recent Amendments to Massachusetts Law that make it even more difficult to hire workers as independent contractors. Impact these changes could have on your company's insurance, retirement and other fringe benefit costs. Find out if your workers could potentially be misclassified as independent contractors, violating Massachusetts' worker's compensation regulations and other government mandated workplace rules and regulations. The cost of this informative seminar is only $25 for Members, $50 for non-members. Send your check, made payable to the South Shore Chamber of Commerce, to P.O. Box 690625, Quincy, MA 02269 or call (617) 479-1111 to reserve your seat for this important seminar.