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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by PorterDuff on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @10:36AM (#20940631)
"Yes, there's some grey area in there."

From my experience, I've never seen a software contractor that could avoid being considered an employee if the eyes of the state government fell upon them closely.

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Re:California passes bill that classifies gig economy worker... by ska on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:24PM (#20942549) 

  I've never seen a software contractor that could avoid being considered an employee...
There are lots of them. Consider a company that doesn't produce software at all hiring you to build an app for them. or a company that has no expertise in your area, etc.

If you are embedded in a team and could swap roles with any of them, you probably aren't a really a contractor though.

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