Originally Posted by SuperConductor

I'm not going to start the reply to this comment with what should be a high energy volley of forced laughter. You "bring this issue directly to your employer" and you'll find yourself on the "high road" of finding another job..."contractor".

You can talk to your employer about spending more money on you until you're blue in the face and they'll sit there and laugh at you behind the facade of feigned concern for your feelings. If they really cared about you, they'd have you covered under the worker's compensation and unemployment benefits intrinsic to the properlabor classification of W-2 employee.