Well, that was a nice try, William.
There are many markers by which the government considers someone a freelance worker or an employee. No one marker designates this, but some of the considerations are who taught the worker their skills (if the employer taught them, then they look like an employee), who has control of work hours, scheduling days off, etc., who supplied the equipment (if they company did, you might be an employee), who maintains that equipment and a few other items. One telling marker is this: Does the worker put in so many hours with one company that it is prohibitive that they work for someone else? You look like a freelancer if you work for several concerns. You don't look like a freelancer, even if the work is by contract, if you put in 40 hours work for only one company, which negates the possibility of working for other clients. (If one person monopolizes all your time, it's a sign you might not be, technically speaking, freelance.)
How long you work for someone is not part of that equation unless you are a temp work agency, some of which push employers to put someone on their payrolll after 30 days or 60 days.
Anyway, these concerns are moot (in other words, nobody cares) except in special circumstances, such as a lawsuit, a tax dispute or a question of government benefits (such as unemployment). It is completely irrelevant in any question about asking for more money.
