SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – Student workers at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) say they accepted summer jobs as hourly employees, only to be told weeks before the jobs started that the positions had been changed to independent contractor roles.
The students accepted roles as Pre-College Assistants, or PCAs, who help supervise prospective students during SCAD’s summer programs.
Documents reviewed by WTOC Investigates show the original offer describes the role as a student employee position paying an hourly wage. SCAD later switched to classifying the same workers as independent contractors, who are paid a flat stipend…