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Misclassifying employees as contractors: why the risks outweigh the savings

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Re: Misclassifying employees as contractors: why the risks outweigh the savings

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Or put another way..... If your business model depends on you claiming that your "employee's" are actually contractors then you don't have a business model.

Hah, definitely true. Even without the Uber approach, though, many people just use 1099s at inappropriate times because it seems like a way to avoid paperwork.