30. Employee or contractor- What’s the difference?

🤷🏻‍♀️ Whether your workers are employees or independent contractors not only can affect your bottom line, but may present a significant risk to your operations. What is the difference and how does worker classification matter? This week on the podcast, we welcome business lawyer Braden Drake to talk about what makes an employee an employee, a contractor a contractor, and a little thing from California called AB5 that may find its way to the US Congress. 

In this episode:

✔️What are the characteristics of an independent contractor?

✔️Why most employers think they have contractors but don’t

✔️Why the difference is critical to taxes, backpay, and injury liability

Learn more about Braden Drake:

Website: www.bradendrake.com

Podcast: https://www.bradendrake.com/blog

Instagram: @bradenadamdrake