I applied for a job once where they wanted full time hours but did not provide health insurance! They said it was due to my independent contractor status. Is that legal? I didn’t take the job for that reason but I always assumed something very fishy was happening there.

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Unless stated otherwise in your contract, yes. There's nothing illegal about it. This is part of the reason why companies continue to offer contract positions instead of full time W2 roles. Less benefits to pay for = more money for them.

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Companies can hire for full-time hours as an independent contractor. There can be some grey areas in it. I’d probably do the same and pass, just because that already is a red flag, even if they are technically able to do it.

We have a couple of people who are on our team as independent contractors and they have a little bit more flexibility but a lot fewer benefits. Honestly, I have no idea why anybody would work full-time without benefits unless they were covered under a spouse or something. Either way, it definitely happens.

It depends on the state and how they classify you. It also depends on how big the company is. So yes, it could have been legal.

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