in $2018$ the supreme court established a rigid standard for companies to classify workers as independent contractors called the "ABC" test in the dynamex decision. to hire an independent contractor, businesses must prove that the worker $($a$)$ is free from the company's control, $($b$)$ is doing work that isnt central to the company's business, and $($c$)$ has an independent business in that industry. otherwise, the person being hired is an employee