Consequences of Treating an Employee as an Independent Contractor. If you classify an employee as an independent contractor and you have no reasonable basis for doing so, you may be held liable for employment taxes for that worker (the relief provisions, discussed below, will not apply).
1 While conflict theory originated from the work of Karl Marx (1818â1883), there is not singular conflict theory but rather conflict theories. 2  The basic assumption of conflict theory is an individual or group will dominate others and actively avoid being dominated.  Conflict theory grew out of critique of functionalism.
Conflict Theory: - Conflict theory maintains that a sociological perspective for a society is depended upon irreconcilable differences within members of that society, brought upon by inequalities in their political, economic and social statuses.Karl Marx is credited with being the father of Conflict Theory.unctional Theory: - Functional theory is a perspective that maintains that a society as a whole is a sum of its parts; that each part is functioning in a manner conducive towards the stability of the society at large.