please respond to the following questions after read the article below link :

https://www.cpajournal.com/2019/02/11/employee-versus-independent-contractor/(Links to an external site.)

1. In this area, we might expect litigation stemming from workers who allege that their employers are misclassifying them as independent contractors. One interesting litigation development that the article points out is that we are now seeing lawsuits being brought by competitorsof a company who is allegedly misclassifying workers. Please discuss why a company would care that its competitor is misclassifying its workers.

2. Please provide an example (there are many, but please select one) of an employment law that would protect an employee but would not extend protection to an independent contractor.

3. What is your overall response to the article?