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this is also a thing in europe, with similar consequences.
Depends on the country. In NL, the legal requirements for independent contractors are quite strict. As an independent contractor, you must: - have multiple sources of income/contracts (at least 3, and no single contract may be worth more than 70% of your total income) - have complete control over how to do your job (i.e. the hiring party can only tell you what to do, not how or when to do it) - actively promote your…
This is nearly all true in America too (not sure about a 3 source/70% rule) but in order to get around it, the conservatives have massively underfunded the tax organization / auditors to the point where they basically cannot even competently audit the criminals, so the average businesses are un-audited by default.