Among the most common types of wage and hour lawsuits in Massachusetts are independent contractor misclassification suits. These actions arise when an individual who provides a service claims that: (1) he or she was misclassified as an independent contractor, even though under the law he or she was required to be treated as an employee; and (2) as a result of the misclassification, he or she was deprived of some valuable aspect of employee status.
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