Are Directors Employees?

Yesterday's post concerned a case in which a California Court of Appeal held that an arbitrator must decide whether a former partner is an employee.  This reminded me of this six year old post

I was also reminded of a  question that I have posed in several prior posts: Is a director an employee?  Of course, some directors are also employees of the corporation.  The question, however, is whether a director qua director is an employee.  Here are some my earlier posts on the subject: