By 1970, when the Great Migration ended, its demographic impact was unmistakable: Whereas in 1900, nine out of every 10 black Americans lived in the South, and three out of every four lived on farms, by 1970 the South was home to less than half of the countryâs African-Americans, with only 25 percent living in the regionâs rural areas.
Claiming an Employee as an Independent Contractor. If you have claimed an employee as an independent contractor, the IRS may hold you responsible for employment taxes for that worker; there are steeper penalties for willful neglect as well under Internal Revenue Code Section 3509.
Workers' compensation insurance is a policy to project workers if injured on the job. An independent contractor is not an employee.A business who hires independent contractors is not required to carry workers' compensation insurance on behalf of its independent contractors.f aspects of the worker's job are controlled by the company, including whether the worker receives reimbursed expenses and the company provides workspace, tools and supplies, then the worker is an employee and not an independent contractor. The worker in this scenario must be covered by workers' compensation insurance.