ARE YOU PAID AS AN âINDEPENDENT CONRACTORâ AND HAVE PAST-DUE MONEY OWED FROM THE COMPANY OR PERSON THAT HIRED YOU?
If so, please call The Tillmon Law Firm to discuss the issue of whether or not you have been improperly misclassified as an independent contractor rather than an employee.
Donât let the company or person that hired you make illegal profits off of your labor while you and your family go without! Employers are usually able to save tons of money by classifying workers as independent contractors, as opposed to classifying them as employees.
Just because the company that hired you chooses to classify you as an independent contractor does not mean that the law will view you as an independent contractor.
Quite often, the law will actually still view you as an "employee", entitling you to many advantages, such as:
- the ability to be paid overtime for working over 8 hours in a day or over 40 hours in a week
- the ability to obtain up to 30 days' worth of wages from your employer as a âpenalty wageâ when your employer has not paid you all of your wages on time at the end of the employment relationship
- the ability to collect unemployment insurance benefits while you look for a new job
- plus many, many, many more advantages that are only available once you are properly classified as an employee rather than an independent contractor
In April of 2018 the California Supreme Court issued a decision setting forth a very simple test to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the eyes of the law.
This test is known as the "ABC Test" because it requires the hiring entity to prove parts A, B, and C of the test before a worker will be considered to be an independent contractor.
Parts A, B, and C are as follows:
(A) the worker is free from control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with performing the work, both under any contract and in fact;
(B) the worker performs work outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business; and
(C) the worker customarily engages in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as the work performed for the hiring entity.
If your hiring entity is not able to prove parts A, B, and C of the ABC test, then you are an employee and not an independent contractor.
It really is that simple.
Employers often know that they are acting unlawfully; however, itâs simply more profitable for them to pretend that they donât.
I am a passionate California-licensed attorney who will help ensure that your legal rights are protected.
I am an experienced employee compensation attorney and may be able to assist you in obtaining your lawful compensation.
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