- NASA JPL lays off 8% of its employees plus hundreds of contractors https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-workforce-update 80 comments technology
- NASA JPL to lay off almost 600 employees and contractors tommorow, Feb 7 https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/jpl-workforce-update 316 comments space
- Biden Proposal Could Lead to Employee Status for Gig Workers | A proposed rule, long awaited by labor activists, would make it harder for companies to classify workers as independent contractors. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/11/business/biden-gig-workers-contractors-employees.html 175 comments politics
- New Biden labor rule would make contractors into employees https://www.reuters.com/world/us/new-biden-labor-rule-would-make-contractors-into-employees-2022-10-11/ 997 comments politics
- Google contractors don’t enjoy the same work-from-home privileges as Google employees https://www.androidpolice.com/google-contractors-work-from-home-privileges-employees/ 141 comments technology
- The Exciting New Trick That Converts Good Jobs Into Crappy Gig Work - The labor carve-out that allowed a California grocery giant to replace employees with contractors might be coming to a state near you. https://newrepublic.com/article/160792/exciting-new-trick-converts-good-jobs-crappy-gig-work 9 comments politics
- Free like a freelancer or secure like an employee? There's a third option: The contractor https://jkettmann.com/contractor-as-alternative-to-freelancer-or-employee/ 3 comments reactjs
- Tangled Web Of Campaign Cash Connects Hawaii To Maine | Tens of thousands of dollars in contributions have flowed from a Hawaii defense contractor, his family and employees to a Maine Republican senator. https://www.civilbeat.org/2020/02/tangled-web-of-campaign-cash-connects-hawaii-to-maine/ 7 comments politics
- Going From A W9 Contractor to a W2 Employee... timing + pay question https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB5 6 comments tax
- Truckers file lawsuit contesting California law that reclassifies most independent contractors as employees https://www.marketwatch.com/story/truckers-file-lawsuit-contesting-california-gig-economy-law-2019-11-12 10 comments tax
- Apple contractors listened to 1,000 Siri recordings per shift, says former employee https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/apple-contractors-listened-to-1000-siri-recordings-per-shift-says-former-employee-945575.html 331 comments apple
- Senators demand Google make contractors full-time employees after 6 months https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/senators-demand-google-make-contractors-full-time-employees.html 19 comments politics
- This Bill Could Destroy Uber's Unsustainable Business Model: An unholy alliance of on-demand companies is desperately trying to stop a California bill from reclassifying their independent contractors as employees. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/zmpaq4/this-bill-could-destroy-ubers-unsustainable-business-model 94 comments technology
- Two Contractors And One Puerto Rico Senate Employee Indicted And Arrested For A Scheme To Defraud https://www.justice.gov/usao-pr/pr/two-contractors-and-one-puerto-rico-senate-employee-indicted-and-arrested-scheme-defraud 8 comments politics
- Help me compare two job offers. Independent contractor, 1099, at $90,000/y or full-time employee, W2, at $65,000/y https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/amavwf/help_me_compare_two_job_offers_independent/ 1067 comments personalfinance
- New boss offering higher salary if I classify myself as 1099 Form Independent Contractor instead W-2 Form Employee. What factors should I be considering in this decision? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/a2kj86/new_boss_offering_higher_salary_if_i_classify/ 52 comments personalfinance
- 20 years old. I’ve had one real job before in high school during the summer, got paid $11/hour and was an employee. I think I got taxed like 10-11%. Now I have 2 job offers, one pays $15/hour and I am an employee, the other pays $20/hour and I am a contractor. Which is better in pay after taxes? https://www.reddit.com/r/tax/comments/9ldx1c/20_years_old_ive_had_one_real_job_before_in_high/ 28 comments tax
- The fair work ombudsman launched legal action against Foodora, alleging food couriers should be classed as employees rather than independent contractors. In what could become landmark case for gig economy, ombudsman arguing Foodora workers are entitled to minimum award wage. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/12/australias-fair-work-watchdog-takes-legal-action-against-foodora 3 comments worldnews
- Am I an employee or independent contractor? https://www.reddit.com/r/tax/comments/8oeiyh/am_i_an_employee_or_independent_contractor/ 12 comments tax
- Tesla Will Lock Out Contractors on Monday Unless Employees Vouch For Them https://gizmodo.com/tesla-will-lock-out-contractors-on-monday-unless-employ-1825812405 42 comments technology
- Tesla starts brutal review of contractors, firing everyone that is not vouched for by an employee https://electrek.co/2018/05/06/tesla-brutal-review-contractors-firing-vouching-employee/#disqus_thread 19 comments wallstreetbets
- Tesla starts brutal review of contractors, firing everyone that is not vouched for by an employee https://electrek.co/2018/05/06/tesla-brutal-review-contractors-firing-vouching-employee/#disqus_thread 18 comments worldnews
- Employer/client has switched me from employee to independent contractor (massachusetts) - how have my taxes changed? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/75i4kn/employerclient_has_switched_me_from_employee_to/ 8 comments personalfinance
- I went from contractor to full time employee and then got a drastic pay boost (55k>72k>84k). How do I account for these? https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/6wesei/i_went_from_contractor_to_full_time_employee_and/ 7 comments personalfinance
- Are professional athletes considered employees or independent contractors? https://www.reddit.com/r/hockey/comments/6ljabg/are_professional_athletes_considered_employees_or/ 10 comments hockey
- Apple contractors' employees arrested in China for selling user data http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0624/c90000-9232661.html 30 comments apple
- Trump Will Keep Intact Obama-Era Order Protecting LGBTQ Employees of Federal Contractors http://abcnews.go.com/politics/trump-intact-obama-era-order-protecting-lgbtq-employees/story?id=45162560 49 comments politics
- Feeling screwed on salary... High salary, but not equal to my contractors / employees and I am both manager and lead developer at start up... https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/4y4397/feeling_screwed_on_salary_high_salary_but_not/ 30 comments cscareerquestions
- Independent contractor vs. employee https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4wagui/independent_contractor_vs_employee/ 5 comments personalfinance
- Fourth Circuit holds that strippers are employees, not independent contractors; likely entitled to minimum wage and overtime pay under Fair Labor Standards Act (pdf opinion) http://www.ca4.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Published/151583.P.pdf 25 comments law
- HP told some employees to choose between becoming contractors with no benefits or being fired without severance http://www.businessinsider.com/how-hp-cut-more-workers-without-severance-2015-8 1858 comments technology
- A court in eastern China fined a manufacturer of weed killer 75 million yuan and imprisoned employees of the company and its contractors for discharging wastewater that severely polluted streams. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/0e02f897a53046f5ba9f952a555d0384/china-fines-chemical-company-12m-polluting-jails-staff 142 comments worldnews
- CA Supreme Court to decide test for Employee vs. Independent Contractor https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ca-supreme-court-decide-employeeindependent-contractor-cheng 4 comments law
- In the Sharing Economy, Are Workers Employees or Independent Contractors? http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2014/08/16/sharing-economy-are-workers-employees-independent-contractors/6GTpn1a735kNiM7T7k2vtO/story.html 5 comments law
- President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/u/us_obama_gay_rights?site=ap&section=home&template=default&ctime=2014-06-16-12-20-38 35 comments politics
- Seeking to advance the cause of equal pay for women, President Obama plans to sign am executive order Tuesday barring federal contractors from retaliating against employees who compare salaries. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/04/06/299908189/obama-is-poised-to-sign-executive-order-on-equal-pay-and-contractors 3 comments politics
- President Obama signs an executive order to increase the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.10 an hour. http://www.c-span.org/video/?317775-2/317775-2 8 comments politics
- CNN calls Xe employees CIA officers. They are contractors, not officers, only a paid government employee can be a real CIA officer. CNN misleading people. http://www.cnn.com/2009/world/asiapcf/12/31/afghanistan.us.casualties/index.html 26 comments politics
- Three female contractors raped in Iraq by KBR employees testify before the Senate: why has the Justice Dep't failed to prosecute sexual assaults? http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080505/houppert 13 comments politics
- A government civilian employee costs on average $126,500 a year, a contractor $250,000 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/18/ar2007081800992_pf.html 4 comments reddit.com