independant contractor vs. employee

[ASA/NYSSOBLUE]

I would be shopping for a lawyer right about now - you have a 'paper trail' on this, and I would say have pretty good grounds for not only compensation, but possible legal action.

In a semi related matter, I work volleyball in addition to softball, and I recently received a letter from a school district in an area we cover, but that I do not work at, stating that from here on in, we might possibly be subject to verification,under the various immigration statutes, of our citizenship for working purposes. (i.e. the filling out of an I-9 Form!) I have not questioned this with any of our group's people, but I am pretty sure that should NOT apply to us as 'independent contractors', either. Here in New York, we are assigned by a school co-op known as BOCES, and we are told again and again, that it is BOCES that controls our eligibility to be assigned and work games, NOT the districts.