Tax-law change left contractor employees ineligible for unemployment insurance

Evidence

A 2008 change in U.S. tax law closed the loophole that allowed companies to avoid paying Social Security and Medicare taxes but left the loophole intact for unemployment taxes, meaning that former employees remain ineligible for unemployment insurance. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1586

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: how a supposedly ‘closed’ offshore contractor loophole still strands ex-employees without unemployment benefits — a hidden cost of privatized basing.