By Doug Cunningham

Millions of workers in America are misclassified by their employers as independent contractors. Employers can avoid social security, workers comp and other payroll taxes when they do that. Chris Sloan is government affairs director for the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

[Chris Sloan]: “In construction, over 20 percent of the construction workforce was being mis-classified. It's a huge problem in terms of how workers are being treated on the job site, whether they are able to provide for their families.”