[chrisser]

Because they’re not independent and they’re not contractors?

My current employer has employees in multiple states. Often their manager isn’t in the same one. Just as often, the people or systems they support aren’t in the same state.

There’s no reason to arbitrarily tether them to a desk in an office. The users they serve aren’t there. The supervisor who manages them isn’t there. The employees largely don’t want to be there either (it’s optional for most still)

[Angelino97]

I think if a worker provides his own office and supplies, and sets his own hours, he qualifies as an independent contractor. So it's to the employer's advantage to reclassify such a worker as an independent contractor.

I hear many of these "work from home" people actually already serve multiple employers during their "office hours," without the employers' knowledge.

If I were an employer, I'd try to reclassify as many employees as independent contractors as legally possible. Makes them easier to fire, harder for them to sue, and you don't have to provide as many benefits. Just a fee based on work produced.

[Ex-Con777]

>My current employer has employees in multiple states<

I would be surprised if any of them worked remotely from Colorado. If so, your employer is in for a real shock when all of the required benefits and conditions imposed by the state are not met.

Colorado isn’t the only one, just one of the worst. I know of at least a few companies that restrict the remote working from certain states.

EC