IRS website, employee or independent contractor?
Definitions: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employed/independent-contractor-self-employed-or-employee
Making your first hire checklist: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/hiring-first-employee-13-things-29463.html
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Interns
Factsheet: https://www.labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/factsheets/pdfs/p725.pdf
Asserting Your Rights
I’m an employee, not an independent contractor: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-should-you-do-if-youve-been-misclassified-independent-contractor.html
I was an unpaid intern treated like an employee: https://www.workplacefairness.org/wage-hour-claim-NY
The Five Pathways Of Legal Strategy
http://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/finding-the-right-corporate-legal-strategy/