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From what I was always told...they always considered “independent contractors”...no heath benefits....no over time etc, etc.



Sometimes yes, mostly no. Depends on the test, IRS uses a different IC v. EE test than does Dept of Industrial Relations than does the Franchise Tax Board.

A PW might be an IC for IRS purposes but could be a EE for insurance/overtime/wages purposes.

It really depends. Its a fact specific test. Nothing is B&W in law.



Well that was sort of the crux of the thread.....simply just wages….not venturing into workman’s com, insurance…etc.

Wait staff in a restaurant make a guaranteed X amount per hour...tips not included.

And most other employees...even ones in unions have certain X amount of dollars as a starting base to work from.

From the ads posted on the net and in newspapers it usually runs this way make up to X amount of dollars per hr. or anywhere from 500 - 1500 per scene for pw’s.

Some thing like these-

http://www.dir.ca.gov/IWC/Minwage2007.pdf

Or even

http://www.dol.gov/esa/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/minwageP.pdf


it would be quite interesting to see…..it would get a lot of whores from thinking they were supposta get paid more…..and the producers would know what to say when booking a scene…..ok your doing anal…well that’s 900…..ok then DONE…..no disputes….sure it would create a minimum rate from where a whore could at least start at. If she’s “the bomb” then she deserves a bigger paycheck……it would also sort of eliminate undercutting that some whores do to get the job…just by willing to work a lot less then their competition for a certain scene.