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This is incorrect. Determining whether someone is an independent contractor has always involved multiple factors. Flexibility of working hours is just one of
by jawns 6y ago
This is incorrect.
Determining whether someone is an independent contractor has always involved multiple factors. Flexibility of working hours is just one of the factors.
You cannot say categorically that having the ability to choose your own hours makes you an independent contractor rather than an employee.
Other factors include:
* What level of control does the employer have in dictating HOW the work is done?
* Is the worker performing work that is outside the usual course of the employer's business?
* Is it customary for the work to be performed as an independent trade?
- crondung 6y agoHOW the work is done is chosen by the driver. They are free to take a different route The employer's business is connecting cars to riders with software. The driver's usual job is HR, and he uses the lyft service to make extra cash on his way home. The last point is not something that determines a contractor. What you choose to do for money does not have to be a trade. It can be anything. There are no working hours. You don't get paid by lyft for hours you 'work.' You get paid for engagements you pick -the rides. Getting paid per project, not for time you put in makes you a contractor for that gig.