Unit 6: Classifying Workers (Open-access Book Entrepreneurship Law: Operational Issues)

Entrepreneurship Law: Operational Issues 2022 located at https://psu.pb.unizin.org/entlawoperationalissues/

26 Pages Posted: 24 Jun 2022

Date Written: May 15, 2022

Abstract

This unit will cover the following topics:
•Why classifying workers as either employee or independent contractor matters
•Different tests for classifying (Federal and State)
•Penalties

Keywords: independent contractor, gig, platform, IRS twenty factor test, ABC test, worker classification, employment, hiring, misclassification, control test, economic realities test, business operations, small business, entrepreneurship, startup

Suggested Citation

Prince, Samantha J., Unit 6: Classifying Workers (Open-access Book Entrepreneurship Law: Operational Issues) (May 15, 2022). Entrepreneurship Law: Operational Issues 2022 located at https://psu.pb.unizin.org/entlawoperationalissues/, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4137482

Samantha J. Prince (Contact Author)

Penn State Dickinson Law ( email )

150 S College Street
Carlisle, PA 17013
United States

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