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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by enragedcacti on Monday February 12, 2024 @09:25AM (#39345078)
They don't mean "Uber driver" or "Tech Consultant", they mean when businesses hire someone as a contractor for a set of roles and responsibilities that are legally a job, usually followed up by exploiting that distinction to pay less than minimum wage or flout other federal labor laws. Here is the latest ruling on how the distinction is made:

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/01/10/2024-00...

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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by mattlutze on Monday February 12, 2024 @09:31AM (#39345156)
There's also the jobs where folks thing they're an employee but are being reported by the business as a contractor, to effectively pay less and also save on required tax and benefit compensation.
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Re:'I have not seen one cent': billions stolen in wage theft... by gadders on Monday February 12, 2024 @09:46AM (#39345323)
I'm happy if the driver of the classification is to the benefit of the employee. In the UK, it is mostly driven by the need to maximise tax revenue.
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