Harvey Shulman in the New York Times on the bad (but seemingly unrepealable) 1986 law that pressures employers into characterizing software and other technical contractors as payroll employees even if both sides would rather keep the relationship as one of independent contracting.
Section 1706: tech contractors and an unfair federal law
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



