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Richard Reibstein
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Richard Reibstein writes Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance, a personal blog at independentcontractorcompliance.com about career and business. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-09, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN commenters cite Richard Reibstein's blog on independent contractor classification and misclassification lawsuits, using it as a reference alongside case examples in gig economy and employment law threads.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Published by Richard Reibstein, this blog is devoted solely to publishing original content on the subject of independent contractor compliance and misclassification.
What Hacker News says?
Just to add some actual cases, there was the $6.5 million settlement by Lowe’s Home Centers as well as a FedEx Ground case, where the idea of "1099ing an LLC" did not protect them. "Recently, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Kansas Supreme Court both held that FedEx Ground had misclassified employees as independent contractors who were operating as business entities or subcontracted additional…
Comment linking /2015/01/14/four-lessons/
on “The Gig Economy Is Being Sued to Death”> And yet your quote doesn't even mention scheduling or the concept of time. If you drill down[1] on that page to "Behavioral Control," you'll find : "An employee is generally subject to the business’s instructions about when, where, and how to work. All of the following are examples of types of instructions about how to do work. - When and where to do the work." > This is not true. Please don't spread falsehoods in…
Comment linking /2017/11/06/october-2017-independent-contractor-misclassification-and-compliance-news-update/
on “What is the unique value proposition of selling honey?”> Unlike Webvan, they rely on contract workers. No need to operate a large fleet of delivery vehicles/drivers... They currently rely on contract workers but there is a legitimate question as to whether many of the on-demand companies have misclassified their workers[1]. Uber and Handy have already been sued over classification, and class action attorneys have publicly named other on-demand startups that they're inve…
Comment linking /2014/12/02/november-2014-independent-contractor-compliance-and-misclassification-update/
on “Instacart (YC S12) Scores $220M Investment”