That's an interesting point. In my experience "contract employees" normally work for a third party company that gets contracted by the hiring company. Then, t

That's an interesting point. In my experience "contract employees" normally work for a third party company that gets contracted by the hiring company. Then, the third party contracting company pays their employees after deductions and taxes. Otherwise, if not working for a third party company those individuals may be classified as independent contractors. When they are classified as independent contractors there already are limits on the number of hours that can be worked before they get turned into employees.