Custom Home Reno Company Accused of Unpaid Wages, Race Bias (1)

A Maryland-based custom home remodeling company misclassified hundreds of its “lead developers” as independent contractors and didn’t pay them for all their hours worked, a new lawsuit alleges.

Homefix Custom Remodeling Corp. also allegedly instructs its non-white lead developers to canvass relatively poorer neighborhoods and or to sit in kiosks in low-traffic areas at trade shows, Torray Baylor says in his complaint filed April 24 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Courts consider how much control individuals have over their work duties, schedule, and instruments to determine whether they are independent contractors who are exempt from ...