Task: In recent years there has been an increase in the number of companies that have wrongly classified an employee as a contract worker. Consequently companies were taken to court by workers who believed they were entitled to certain rights and privileges enjoyed by individuals who were given employee status.
Question 1: What are some of the rights and privileges that are given to employees and not to contract workers?
Question 2: What advantages do employers gain with contract workers over regular employees?
Question 3: How could a contract worker prove to the courts that he or she is really an employee and was wrongly classified as a contract worker?