How about contractor instigated independant contractor? I know too many artists that file Iike that.

I know several people who are making a lot more money as contractors than they ever did as employees, and they like working that way. I do some work as a free-lance writer and I do not want to be anybody's employee. However, there should be closer scrutiny to prevent businesses from taking advantage of people who should be regarded as employees. There are already IRS and labor department regulations in place that define employees vs. independent contractors but they need to be strictly enforced.

"there are several people who made a lot of money on the stock market"

If I am working only for one person or entity, however, and they dictate how and when I work and limit my ability to work for someone else, then I'm an employee and should be treated as such. But if I don't want to be an employee so that I can work on my own terms for multiple people or entities, I should be able to make that choice.

How ironic.

Personally... I think EVERYONE who wants total control of their own life should be encouraged to take that bull by the horns.

Person who instructs one what to do on a daily basis, then the person is an employee and taxes should be collected by the employer on the employee. These taxes needs to be submitted on 941 and the required matching taxes.

Only the Federal Government will be the last large employer. Not really sure how it can be stopped. People have become so hostile to free enterprise.

when 'free enterprise' continues to screw people over for the benefit of imagery social constructions?

Is that a good thing?

does it deserve to continue?

Also if it so hard for companies to make ends meet, why are CEO salaries still sky-rocketing?

Why allow people to work for themselves and set their own hours when we can force them to work 9 to 5 every day with 3 weeks vacation a year?

according to a rational evidencebasad set of criteria; which was actually what
corporations HAD to do initially when they were conceived and incorporated into
the tax code. There's a whole decades-long movement to do just that, so the
idea has legs, just not enough of them, nor enough traction given the political
landscape currently.

Just require that all employers provide benefits commensurate to hours worked.

Whatever health insurance, paid leave, pensions, etc. are offered to the chief exec., fine. But on an hour-per-hour basis, they have to offer the same to their lowest employee or contractor, or the cash equivalent thereof.

If the CEO has cadillac health insurance with a premium of $1,800/month, and the CEO works 60 hours a week, and the company has a janitor that works 20 hrs./week, they have to provide the janitor the equivalent of $600/mo. for health insurance.

This might vastly reduce the substitution of part-time for what should be full-time jobs.

but in the end, companies are proving that they will routinely violate these laws and many companies exist simply because they find ways to violate these laws.

The government needs to be more effective in enforcing the laws, but then again one party things all government (other than the military and laws around regulating what happens with women's bodies) is bad.

and I prefer it. I recently turned down 2 full time jobs to be a 1099. I am even willing to pay my own insurance and double social security. By going 1099 I doubled my base salary and increased my commissions. I will probably make a lot more this year.I have my own business and I cold call. If you can really cold call you can make a handsome income.

fish. You gonna kill off small business too? The real problems are the worsing conditions for the working force. Guess who gets to fuck up workers pensions and 401ks?

Better to create better employment contracts for workers, unions are re-surging. That will do better for everyone than ruining my livelihood.

That would solve the problem.

While unemployed I did work for a company, but insisted I was treated as a temp. So they paid SS etc besides per diem. Eventually I worked for them for 14 years as a permanent employee until circumstances forced them to lay off most of their engineers. I immediately went on Medicare and SS plus unemployment. After a year, they wanted me for more work. So I insisted on being treated as a temp again. If a company wants you bad enough, treating you as a temp, works for both of you. My current employment started as a 6 month temp job and I've been hire as a permanent now. The interesting thing is, when I got laid off in 2011, another company bought the contracts we were working on and that new company is the one that hired me now. So I'm essentially working on the same s/w I wrote back then. I've been lucky but employees have to start bargaining for their labor. Bring back the unions for the blue collars. Professionals have to start comparing salaries and benefits. A few of my engineering friends do this and it's a big eye-opener. Many professionals are either underpaid or overpaid. You should do everything you can to find out the going salaries in your area.