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      "California",
      "Cal. Lab. Code 2775",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that all of the following conditions are satisfied: (A) The person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, both under the contract for the performance of the work and in fact.",
      "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2775.&lawCode=LAB"
    ],
    [
      "California",
      "Cal. Lab. Code 2775",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "(B) The person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business.",
      "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2775.&lawCode=LAB"
    ],
    [
      "California",
      "Cal. Lab. Code 2775",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "(C) The person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed.",
      "https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=2775.&lawCode=LAB"
    ],
    [
      "Hawaii",
      "HRS 383-6",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026exists unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the department of labor and industrial relations that: (1) The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such service, both under the individual's contract of hire and in fact;",
      "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0383/HRS_0383-0006.htm"
    ],
    [
      "Hawaii",
      "HRS 383-6",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "(2) The service is either outside the usual course of the business for which the service is performed or that the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which the service is performed;",
      "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0383/HRS_0383-0006.htm"
    ],
    [
      "Hawaii",
      "HRS 383-6",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "and (3) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business of the same nature as that involved in the contract of service.",
      "https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0383/HRS_0383-0006.htm"
    ],
    [
      "Idaho",
      "Idaho Code 72-1316",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026by an individual for remuneration shall, for the purposes of the employment security law, be covered employment unless it is shown: (a) That the worker has been and will continue to be free from control or direction in the performance of his work, both under his contract of service and in fact;",
      "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title72/T72CH13/SECT72-1316/"
    ],
    [
      "Idaho",
      "Idaho Code 72-1316",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "and (b) That the worker is engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business.",
      "https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/Title72/T72CH13/SECT72-1316/"
    ],
    [
      "Maine",
      "26 M.R.S. 1043",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026it is shown to the satisfaction of the bureau that the individual is free from the essential direction and control of the employing unit, both under the individual's contract of service and in fact, and the employing unit proves that the individual meets all of the criteria in subparagraph\u2026",
      "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec1043.html"
    ],
    [
      "Maine",
      "26 M.R.S. 1043",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "(f) The work is outside the usual course of business for which the service is performed;",
      "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec1043.html"
    ],
    [
      "Maine",
      "26 M.R.S. 1043",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "(b) The individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business;",
      "https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/26/title26sec1043.html"
    ],
    [
      "Massachusetts",
      "Mass. Gen. Laws c.149 148B",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026any service, except as authorized under this chapter, shall be considered to be an employee under those chapters unless:\u2014 (1) the individual is free from control and direction in connection with the performance of the service, both under his contract for the performance of service and in fact;",
      "https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlexxi/chapter149/section148B"
    ],
    [
      "Massachusetts",
      "Mass. Gen. Laws c.149 148B",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "and (2) the service is performed outside the usual course of the business of the employer;",
      "https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlexxi/chapter149/section148B"
    ],
    [
      "Massachusetts",
      "Mass. Gen. Laws c.149 148B",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "and, (3) the individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business of the same nature as that involved in the service performed.",
      "https://malegislature.gov/laws/generallaws/parti/titlexxi/chapter149/section148B"
    ],
    [
      "Nebraska",
      "Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-604",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026commissioner that (a) such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such services, both under his or her contract of service and in fact, (b) such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is\u2026",
      "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-604"
    ],
    [
      "Nebraska",
      "Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-604",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "\u2026his or her contract of service and in fact, (b) such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed or such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed, and (c) such individual\u2026",
      "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-604"
    ],
    [
      "Nebraska",
      "Neb. Rev. Stat. 48-604",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "\u2026of the business for which such service is performed or such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed, and (c) such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business.",
      "https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=48-604"
    ],
    [
      "Nevada",
      "NRS 612",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "The person has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of the services, both under his or her contract of service and in fact;",
      "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-612.html"
    ],
    [
      "Nevada",
      "NRS 612",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "The service is either outside the usual course of the business for which the service is performed or that the service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprises for which the service is performed;",
      "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-612.html"
    ],
    [
      "Nevada",
      "NRS 612",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "The service is performed in the course of an independently established trade, occupation, profession or business in which the person is customarily engaged, of the same nature as that involved in the contract of service.",
      "https://www.leg.state.nv.us/nrs/nrs-612.html"
    ],
    [
      "New Hampshire",
      "RSA 282-A:9",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026chapter unless and until it is shown to the satisfaction of the commissioner of the department of employment security that: (a) Such individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of such services, both under his contract of service and in fact;",
      "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/282-A/282-A-9.htm"
    ],
    [
      "New Hampshire",
      "RSA 282-A:9",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "and (b) Such service is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed or that such service is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed;",
      "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/282-A/282-A-9.htm"
    ],
    [
      "New Hampshire",
      "RSA 282-A:9",
      "Whether the worker has an independent business of their own",
      "and (c) Such individual is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, profession, or business.",
      "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/XXIII/282-A/282-A-9.htm"
    ],
    [
      "New Jersey",
      "New Jersey Department of Labor, independent contractors (N.J.S.A. 43:21-19(i)(6))",
      "Control over how the work is done",
      "\u2026Compensation Law 43:21-19(i)6(A)(B)(C), a worker should be considered an employee unless all the following circumstances apply: The individual has been and will continue to be free from control or direction over the performance of work performed, both under contract of service and in fact;",
      "https://www.nj.gov/labor/myworkrights/worker-protections/independent_contractors/"
    ],
    [
      "New Jersey",
      "New Jersey Department of Labor, independent contractors (N.J.S.A. 43:21-19(i)(6))",
      "Whether the work sits outside the hiring firm's usual business",
      "and The work is either outside the usual course of the business for which such service is performed, or the work is performed outside of all the places of business of the enterprise for which such service is performed;",
      "https://www.nj.gov/labor/myworkrights/worker-protections/independent_contractors/"
    ]
  ]
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