Hiring & Classification

Looking for a new job? Wondering if the questions you were asked at the interview were legal? This section addresses some of the most common issues you may encounter in the hiring process, and how you are classified as a worker may affect your workplace rights.

Your employment classification can determine how companies compensate you, the benefits they offer, the responsibilities you are given, the liability of the company under labor laws. Common classifications include employees and independent contractors. Further employment classifications include part-time, full-time, just to name a few.

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.