Trying to Escape Employee/Contractor Regulations? It’s Often Foolhardy

Many newly hired employees want to escape employee payroll taxes just as much as employers do; they prefer being contractors. That is, until they are no longer working and are then seeking unemployment insurance.

So they complain they never were independent contractors but really employees.

When former “contractors” file for unemployment insurance, the ex-employer has the difficult job proving the employer/employee relationship.

If the employer owns the tools or equipment and directs the work involved, there is usually an employer/employee connection.(See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole at Twitter.)