Properly classifying workers as either “employees” or “independent contractors” is difficult even in the best of circumstances, but it certainly doesn’t help when every administrative agency (the Department of Labor (“DOL”) vs. the IRS), every individual state (California vs. Texas; Florida vs. Massachusetts; etc.), and every presidential administration (Obama vs. Trump; Trump vs. Biden) has a different interpretation of the rules, or even a different set of rules altogether.
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