I agree that the labor laws have an &quot;impedance mismatch&quot; with the on-the-ground reality and I tried to spell out what that was in another comment [1].  Basically, laws shouldn&#x27;t be discontinuous like this -- where all the rules sharply change when you just 50.001% look like a contractor (or the opposite).  It should be more like &quot;<i>as</i> you start to look more like an employee, you must adhere to <i>more</i> of a certain requirement&quot;.<p>Don&#x27;t know why you&#x27;re getting voted down so hard.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10717768" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10717768</a>