4 ms·

In my country is illegal to have someone as a freelance doing the same as a full time job. So I see the point of upwork. If that company is your only client and

• fulafel 8y ago
  This is remotely possible, but does not explain the malfeasance in communications toward both parties that relied on Upwork.
• sfifs 8y ago
  Yup this seems to basically be co-employment risk mitigation. I have seen situations where there is a hard limit on how long we can hire a contractor for a task through an agency. I have also seen limitations in what we can specify, measure, reward and what we cannot. The issue is basically that for contractors, you generally pay no benefits or retirement plans. However, if they are effectively employees, you do need to pay them that (ref. Uber driver cases where they are suing for classification as employees)
• BjoernKW 8y ago
  That's precisely why these full-time situations should be avoided when working as a freelancer. Freelancing is a type of self-employment. Hiring someone full-time for an extended period of time is not. Hiring freelancers just to save social security costs or to avoid labour laws is unethical at best and in many jurisdictions downright illegal. Setting up a payroll system to make this look good on paper is quite a dodgy move.