I think part of the issue is that is difficult and possibly expensive to fight that fight on your own.
We need DAs and enforcement actions that favor workers.
We need the IRS to automatically flag people with a ton of contractor income from a single source and let them know that they may have been misclassified, and that they may not owe nearly as much in taxes if so. And then we need the IRS to publicly scare employers into erring on the side of calling workers employees.
I fought a misclassification with a former employer. I was able to get a ruling from the IRS, but the employer never really faced any real punishment, even though it was in writing that he was playing tax games.
I think what it comes down to is that almost no one knows how to dispute it or that they even can dispute. And many employers will immediately get rid of you if you try.
We need DAs and enforcement actions that favor workers.
We need the IRS to automatically flag people with a ton of contractor income from a single source and let them know that they may have been misclassified, and that they may not owe nearly as much in taxes if so. And then we need the IRS to publicly scare employers into erring on the side of calling workers employees.
I fought a misclassification with a former employer. I was able to get a ruling from the IRS, but the employer never really faced any real punishment, even though it was in writing that he was playing tax games.
I think what it comes down to is that almost no one knows how to dispute it or that they even can dispute. And many employers will immediately get rid of you if you try.