Long time lurker, first time commenting, but I think this may apply to me.
The company I work for now has me classified as an independent contractor (I do web development work) but you would think that I'm an employee by the way they treat me. My pay is salary based, I have to be available between the times they specify, I speak directly to a "supervisor", I have paid holidays/vacations and sick days, and I'm not allowed to take on other work, even if they're not direct competitors.
Is what they're doing wrong? This seems like a pretty sweet deal for them because they don't have to give me any real benefits or pay any employee taxes. I on the other hand, who really isn't an "Independent Contractor", have a tax-lien against me now because I can't afford the huge amount of taxes the IRS wants at the end of each year and have no idea what I'm going to do about it.
The company I work for now has me classified as an independent contractor (I do web development work) but you would think that I'm an employee by the way they treat me. My pay is salary based, I have to be available between the times they specify, I speak directly to a "supervisor", I have paid holidays/vacations and sick days, and I'm not allowed to take on other work, even if they're not direct competitors.
Is what they're doing wrong? This seems like a pretty sweet deal for them because they don't have to give me any real benefits or pay any employee taxes. I on the other hand, who really isn't an "Independent Contractor", have a tax-lien against me now because I can't afford the huge amount of taxes the IRS wants at the end of each year and have no idea what I'm going to do about it.