Whether Bankers Life properly classified Gough as an independent contractor and not an employee?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Gough submitted a Fair Labor Standards Act violation against Bankers Life and Casualty Company to the Fourth Circuit because a partial decision occurred at the District Court of Maryland. The Fourth Circuit reviewed the record and found no reversible error. The Fourth Circuit affirmed the reasons stated by the district court. The questions presented are: 1. Whether Bankers Life properly classified Gough as an independent contractor and not an employee? 2. Whether the “outside sales” exemption applies to Linda Gough v. Bankers Life and Casualty Company? 3. Whether Bankers Life violated the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 1