Compare and contrast the classifications of employees or independent contractors. Assess why it is important to classify workers correctly.

1. Compare and contrast the classifications of employees or independent contractors. Assess why it is important to classify workers correctly.

2. Lopez, Inc. is an educational consulting company. It has a staff of 27 employees and 5 independent contractors. All of the employees and independent contractors are of Hispanic descent. Lopez needs to hire one sales person and one computer programmer for a project. It intends to hire an employee to fill the position of full-time sales person. It intends to hire an independent contractor for the programming project. Lee, an Asian male applies for the programmer project. Larry, a white male, applies for the sales person position. Neither Lee nor Larry is hired. Both learn that Lopez not only has a history of only hiring Hispanics, but that it, indeed, hired Hispanics for the sales person and independent contractor positions. Do either Lee or Larry have a claim for discrimination under federal law?