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Subject:Re: Working Off Site From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L Writing <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 11 Apr 2016 11:50:59 -0700
That's illegal. If a company was stupid enough to end my contract
prematurely on that basis, as soon as my lawyer talked with their
lawyer the company would cut me a check to avoid having to talk with
the IRS about it.
On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 4:26 AM, monique.semp (Earthlink)
<monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net> wrote:
> A great theory- but the company does have the option to simply not hire a person for 1099 work. The law is the law, but that has nothing to do with practicality and reality. And I doubt that a worker would have much of a case if s/he took a contract where the client expected onsite work, and then the worker says "sorry, I'm going to work offsite and tough luck to you."
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