Business Studies

1. Hypo AYou are a lawyer. You spend all of your working time working for a law firm. All of your work is for law firm clients. You must work at least 40 hours a week but you can work from anywhere during the hours of your choosing. You are paid an annual salary on a bi-weekly basis. Which of your working conditions supports that you are an independent contractor?2. Same Fact Pattern as Hypo A above.Which of your working conditions supports that you are an employee?3. Same facts as Hypo #A above except you only spend half of your working time working for the law firm. In the other half, you can either work for other clients or another firm or not work.How does that change your analysis?4. Same facts as in Question 3 but there is no minimum hour requirement. You can choose how much you work. You are paid for the work you do at an hourly rate and you invoice the firm every two weeks.How does that change your analysis?5. You are a lawyer. You spend up to half of your working time working for a law firm. All of your work for the law firm is for law firm clients. In the other half, you can either work for other clients or another firm or not work. You can work from anywhere during the hours of your choosing but you generally work from home. The only time you work from the law firm’s offices is when you are meeting with law firm clients. You invoice the law firm every two weeks based on an hourly rate. The law firm does not withhold any payroll or other taxes from the payments it makes to you.How does that change your analysis in Question 4?