In the UK we have "employee", "worker" and "self employed" basically. They define different rights for the worker, if the company wants more control it moves th

In the UK we have "employee", "worker" and "self employed" basically. They define different rights for the worker, if the company wants more control it moves things towards employee. If they want fewer responsibilities then they have to give up some control (e.g. disciplinary procedures, setting the price, etc)