Miss-classifying employees, earnings or costs are great ways for companies to cheat taxes and labor laws. "Self employed" is used in the same way. Many people

Miss-classifying employees, earnings or costs are great ways for companies to cheat taxes and labor laws. "Self employed" is used in the same way. Many people in the gig-economy are just employees that are not legally hired because companies want to avoid any responsibility while still profiting from employees.