The implication being that a lot of company hire people as contractors when they are really employees and a database like this would instantly eliminate all the

The implication being that a lot of company hire people as contractors when they are really employees and a database like this would instantly eliminate all the underhandedness. It's a favorite pastime of labor lawyers to beat companies over the head with the Fair Labor Standards Act for classifying people as independent contractors when they are really acting like employees. I'm sure the IRS enjoys it too.