[politicket]

As a contractor you probably should not be eligible to participate in their employer health care program either.

That is an excellent point! Are you currently getting health coverage through this company? Or is a job shop providing it for you?

If the company that you are going to each day is providing health coverage then I would be VERY careful since the IRS will indeed regard you as an employee. Things can get very twisted from all sides when this happens.

[Lexinom]

This company sought me out this time around, not vice-versa, so there's no job shop involved. The health care is on a friendly trust basis, and because I asked for it when my wife found a lump in her breast (which was not serious as it turned out).

I don't want to screw them over - I have friends there - just want to be able to take care of my own needs. Hopefully I will get the time off when the wife has the baby. Technically, I could take the time now and all they could do would be to try to replace me, but I won't do that to them, not so close to an already-late release.