I don't think the number of hours they work is relevant to the charge. The question is, are they actually independent contractors? The criteria here is are they autonomous - do they have independence and control their own work without supervision? It is true that categorizing employees as contractors is a common dodge employers use to screw workers, but I am not sure the reality television business is the most sympathetic example of this practice.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: > TheWrap reported on a poll of East Coast writer-producers, commonly > treated as independent contractors responsible for their own insurance, > taxes, Social Security contributions, et al... respondents say their hours > are far in excess of 40-a-week and 8-a-day, plenty of their work never > gets recorded on a timecard... > > > http://www.thewrap.com/writers-guild-reality-tv-stealing-40-million-writers-producers-independent-contractors > > B > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
