Labor/Employment
Aug. 13, 2010
If It Walks, Talks and Looks Like an Employee...
Not so fast. Simply identifying workers as independent contractors does not necessarily end the classification inquiry, by Eli M. Kantor and Zachary M. Cantor of the Law Offices of Eli Kantor.
Identifying workers as independent contractors is a precarious undertaking. Many employers believe that labeling a worker an "independent contractor" will end the classification inquiry. The inquiry, however, will reach beyond definitions included in a contract. Whether a worker is properly classified as an independent contractor is based on multiple factors. And the standards for determining whether a work...
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