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independent contractor miss
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classification is perhaps the hottest
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area in employment law in the state of
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California a year and a half ago our
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Supreme Court really changed the rules
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and even more recently our state
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legislature clarified that ruling a lot
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of folks are being classified as
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independent contractors right now that’s
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the gig economy but with these new rules
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it may well be they are not supposed to
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be independent contractors and a whole
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host of things can flow from this they
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might not be getting overtime that
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they’re entitled to they might not be
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getting tips and gratuities that they
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are entitled to and it goes on they
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might not be getting health benefits
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that they are entitled to they might not
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be getting stock benefits that they are
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entitled to if you are currently
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classified as an independent contractor
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there’s a very very good chance that
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you’re not supposed to be and that the
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law is there for you to provide
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protection