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Re:Refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors ... by toomuchtodo on Saturday October 08, 2016 @10:59PM (#12669704)
It has always been illegal if an employer tells you you're an independent contractor but without meeting the requirements of an independent contractor relationship.

Last time someone ignored that, it cost them $240 million. I'm interested to see how much it costs Uber.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-fedex-settlement-idUSKCN0Z...

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Re:Refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors ... by brightball on Sunday October 09, 2016 @11:10AM (#12671527)
So what's the difference between that and using a personal LLC. It's legal nitpicking about a persons choice.
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Re:Refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors ... by toomuchtodo on Sunday October 09, 2016 @12:52PM (#12672001)
> It's legal nitpicking about a persons choice.

That's actually what the law is: interpretation of statute, or what you call "nitpicking".

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Re:Refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors ... by brightball on Sunday October 09, 2016 @04:16PM (#12673199)
So to be clear, allowing 1,000,000 individuals with personal LLC's to sign up as Uber contractors via their LLC's is totally cool.

Having 1,000,000 individual sign up DIRECTLY as Uber contractors...totally illegal.

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Re:Refusal to recognize the rise of independent contractors ... by toomuchtodo on Sunday October 09, 2016 @07:16PM (#12674095)
No. Again, its not the corporate structure that dictates classification, its the relationship.

https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...

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