>Which means that ultimately, the labor laws are far more our fault than the fault of the Labor Secretary. It also doesn't really matter what the Federal law i

>Which means that ultimately, the labor laws are far more our fault than the fault of the Labor Secretary. It also doesn't really matter what the Federal law is or Labor Secretary does/says, worker agreements are governed by State law, and their are 50 States with similar, but not identical legal standards defining employees vs independent contractors. In some cases you may be defined as an employee at the State level but Independent Contractor for purposes of the Federal level (say the IRS Code/Federal Taxes). Even within a single State one agency say unemployment office was classify you as employee and another such as workers comp classifies you as independent contractor.