ARE YOUR ICS REALLY EES? A LOOK AT WHO’S WHO ON AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PL AN … THE SAGA CONTINUES
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Written By Philip Qualo and Kelly E. Dempsey
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ast time we addressed the issue of classifying workers in the March 2020 issue of The Self-Insurer, the world was a totally different place. Face masks were only worn by doctors during surgery, quarantine was a term almost exclusively used in sci-fi and horror movies, and the blurry rules applicable to classifying workers had remained relatively unchanged for decades. What a difference a year can make! Facemasks have become the hottest new accessory, “Zoom fatigue” is a real thing, a new administration, and an entirely new framework for classifying employees and independent contractors is on the horizon. For most laymen, the question of whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor is simple…an independent contractor is compensated by Form-1099, and an employee is compensated by Form W-2 as well as subject to federal and state tax withholding.
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