We have had the opportunity, in the course of our independent contractor practice, to represent ‎clients in over 75 diverse industries including some in rather esoteric businesses. These clients ‎have included musical bands, hail repair companies, meditation centers, adult entertainment ‎clubs, amusement parks, dog walking services, cultural exchange programs, museums, libraries, ‎athletic teams, and song writing. We never have been called upon to serve a client in the clown ‎industry or a business providing children’s party entertainment – the lead case of this month’s ‎update of legal developments in December 2023. This case underscores that virtually every ‎industry these days uses independent contractors, even companies with service providers who ‎wear costumes and paint their noses and cheeks red. While companies in offbeat industries ‎typically have a limited number of workers, an adverse determination of independent contractor ‎misclassification by a workforce or tax agency can have disastrous financial implications, and a ‎class action lawsuit typically entails expensive defense costs. For that reason, many companies, ‎both large and small, that wish to minimize the likelihood of an independent contractor audit or ‎lawsuit, have chosen to use a process such as IC Diagostics (TM) to structure, document, and ‎implement their independent contractor relationships to enhance compliance in a customized ‎and sustained manner, consistent with their business models. As we have written previously in a ‎blog post, even strip clubs can comply with applicable IC laws. Clown companies can, too. ‎…