Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Re: Independent Contractor Status

Regardless of whether you are an independent contract or an employee, your employer is not required to give you off for any holiday, including the Jewish high holy days or other holidays. Additionally, if you are required to meet certaind deadlines, there is likely nothing illegal about your employer reducing your wage for work not performed on schedule.

Re: Independent Contractor Status

Employees receive a salary and independant contractors do not. Simply calling someone an independant contractor (IC) does make that person one. To determine your status as an IC or employee you have to consider your role in the business, the nature and degree of control you have in performing your job, where do you work, who pays for materials you use in your work and other issues. You question has too few facts for me to give you a complete answer. Give me a call or send me an e-mail if you would like to discuss this in more detail.

Re: Independent Contractor Status

You do not sound like an independent contractor to me. If you are not, you may have rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act for unpaid overtime. Depending on the size of your employer's workforce, you may have been discriminated against on the basis of religion, in violation of federal and state law.