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> either a contractor can subcontract, or they're not a contractor. This doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. I often work as a contractor. If I decided one morning t
by AmericanChopper 7y ago
> either a contractor can subcontract, or they're not a contractor.
This doesn’t stand up to scrutiny. I often work as a contractor. If I decided one morning to send a friend into a clients office to fulfil my duties, I would not even expect them to be able to gain entry to the building.
- Gibbon1 7y agoI would argue you aren't a contractor then
- throwanem 7y agoAre you a contractor, or are you an employee of a contracting firm? I've been both, and it is a meaningful distinction.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoI’ve been both a contractor directly for companies, and contracted through contracting companies (being an employee for a contracting company is usually called being a consultant, which I’ve also been). In either case I would not assume that I could arbitrarily sub-contract my work out to others.
- floatingatoll 7y agoThe ability to subcontract is one of many tests for whether you are an independent contractor or not.
- AmericanChopper 7y agoIn which jurisdiction? How many tests are there? How many do you have to pass? It’s a pretty ridiculous assertion to claim that you must be able to sub-contract to be a contractor, and I’d be surprised if there was even one jurisdiction in the world where that was true. It would mean you could never screen contractors.