30 Jul Why do you think courts and regulatory agencies opt for a multi-factor rule instead of a bright-line rule to distinguish contractors from employees?
Order Instructions
Read the Vox article listed in your assigned readings for this week. This article discusses numerous other multi-factor tests that courts and regulatory agencies use to determine whether a worker is a contractor or an employee. Why do you think courts and regulatory agencies opt for a multi-factor rule instead of a bright-line rule to distinguish contractors from employees? Why might a multi-factor rule make an in-house corporate counsel uncomfortable? How might an in-house counsel and compliance department respond differently to a bright-line rule versus a multi-factor rule in designing compliance protocols?
VOX ARTICLE WEBSITE
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/10/12/23398727/biden-worker-misclassification-independent-contractor-labor
