I am not familiar with this issue.
What, in a nutshell, was changed for independent contractors after that bill was passed?
Basically, it is the 20 questions rule that decides if you are a contractor or employee and is biased against IT pros. IBM got the law passed back in the 86 to screw over one-man programming shops and push them into Staffing agencies as a W-2 employee with little to no bennies instead of undercutting Big Blue’s billing. The new problem is Permatemps which is the other side of the coin were you never get hired on as a full-time employee and work for years as a Manpower temp. It’s is typical government getting in the way and preventing people from making good money.