[AndriyKunitsyn]

I don't think that the parent isn't aware of that. I think the parent says that providing employee perks for your contractors _is_ violating the US labor law.

[lazide]

Because defacto treating them like employees means they are employees - with all associated benefits/tax treatment.

Which Microsoft would never have hired them, if that was the case, they would have hired normal FTEs.

So either 1) hire contractors and treat them as contractors (without the employee style treatment), or be sued later.