Lesson 1How worker status links to wage laws, overtime rules, and state jobless insurance needsLooks at how worker type affects basic pay, extra time work, meal and rest times, and right to California jobless insurance, and how wrong classification causes problems with pay and benefits at the same time.
Workers covered by wage ordersOvertime and double pay issuesMeal and rest time duties and dangersRight to California jobless insuranceMatching state and federal pay rulesLesson 2Sample contract parts and warning signs to skip (control words, supervision parts, needed training)Gives example parts that help contractor status and points out bad words like detailed control, supervision, required training, and time schedules that can weaken independent contractor status in California.
Freedom and own business partsControl and supervision words to avoidTraining, starting up and policy mentionsOnly one client, no compete and time termsUpdate and check processes for formsLesson 3How to write contractor work contracts: scope, results, pay terms, IP giving, protectionsExplains how to build independent contractor contracts in California, with clear work scopes, results, pay ways, IP rights, secrets keeping, protections, and parts that keep contractor freedom and lower control signs.
Setting work scope and resultsPay terms, steps and costsIP rights, uses and work for hireSecrets, data safe and privateProtections, limits on duty and insuranceFreedom parts that cut control signsLesson 4Keeping records, checks and document ways: contracts, work statements, talks, bills, work measuresShows how to set up record systems that save contracts, work statements, bills, talks, and work data, and how to get ready for checks or court by showing steady, well-saved practices.
Main papers to keep and sortMaking work statements clearEmail and message ways as proofBill, pay and tax form savesGetting ready for office checks and ordersLesson 5Main law frames: IRS 20-point summary, ABC test changes, Labor Department real economy testLooks at big law and rule frames, like IRS 20-point guide, federal real economy test, and California ABC test types, showing how each weighs control, need, and business freedom.
IRS 20-point guide and changesFederal real economy test pointsCalifornia ABC test and skipsWork type law cutsPutting first the harder matching rulesLesson 6Daily steps to cut re-classify danger: real business to business ties, many clients, own time setting, separate billing and paysTells daily practices that back real business to business ties, like using contractor groups, many clients, own time, separate billing, and skipping worker-like watch, tools, and work handling.
Using contractor groups and business papersPushing many clients and open placesOwn time and place picksSeparate billing, pays and tax formsCutting watch and work controlsLesson 7Overview of common law and law tests for worker vs own contractor (IRS, DOL, state offices)Starts common law and law tests used by IRS, US Labor Department, and California offices, comparing their points, goals, and check ways when finding worker vs own contractor status.
IRS common law control frameDOL real economy test overviewCalifornia ABC test and main partsOffice guides, decisions and letter viewsMatching different test resultsLesson 8Results of wrong classification: past pays, worker taxes, fines, jobless and work injury dutiesLooks at money and law results of wrong classification, like past pays, unpaid extra time, worker taxes, fines, extra costs, benefit pays, and open to jobless insurance and work injury claims.
Past pays, extra time and extra payWorker tax checks and finesCivil fines, extra and cost shiftsBenefits, ERISA and side claim openJobless and work injury dutiesLesson 9State special points: control, joining, money setups, lasting, tools and work wayExplains how California checks control, joining business, money risk, tool giving, and time length when splitting workers from own contractors under main state rules.
Behavior and time control pointsJoining main business workWorker chance for gain or lossGiving tools, gear and work spaceLasting and only one tie
