Exposing Independent Contractor Misclassification: Joseph’s Evidence Against Verdant Strategies
In this post, I walk through the clearest signs of employee misclassification based on my experience working with Verdant Strategies. Though I was labeled an independent contractor, the company’s behavior and expectations closely aligned with an employer-employee...California Penalties For Misclassifying Employees As Independent Contractors
Under California Labor Code § 226.8, it is unlawful for an employer to willfully misclassify a worker as an independent contractor. If the Labor Commissioner or a court finds that a company has done so, severe penalties apply — and they’re designed to both punish...Misclassified As A Contractor In California? Your Step-By-Step Action Plan
Think Your Employer Got It Wrong? How To Fight Back Against Misclassification in California If you’re an independent contractor or freelancer in California and you’re starting to wonder whether you’ve actually been working more like an employee — you’re...
Hemp Writer v. Verdant Strategies: A Case Study In Contract Breach & Freelancer Abuse
Verdant Strategies CEO Rachel Wright Offers Joseph Powers Hush Money After Verdant Breaches Contract, Retaliates, & Blames Joseph When Clients Cross the Line: A Freelancer’s Cautionary Case Study About Verdant Strategies & 420CPA In the world of...Tony Robbins Settles Before Joseph Files Lawsuit
Update: July 30, 2024 My thoughts after this issue got resolved. To start, this did not have to happen. The first person I spoke with could have given me a refund right away, without me asking literally a dozen times in several different ways. Complaint on the BBB...
About Joseph Ray Powers
On my 33rd birthday, I treated myself to Dr. Grave's law course called How To Win In Court Without A Lawyer. I didn't quite know what I was going to do with this knowledge. All I knew was that this is basic information that every 8th grader should know how to use properly and responsibly.
Several years since taking this law course, I've realized that I never have to wait too long before I have to use the legal knowledge I learned.
Long story short.
Within three months of immersing myself in Dr. Grave's Law Course, I encountered my first courtroom victory and enforced a property seizure against a defendant.
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Since my first court victory, 3.5 years later, I've been involved in over 100 cases and only one of them had to actually go to court. Read Full Story Here.