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This sounds too good to be true. I don't know about other countries in Europe, but in The Netherlands it is definitely illegal to have a contractor work in empl
by tinco 5y ago
This sounds too good to be true. I don't know about other countries in Europe, but in The Netherlands it is definitely illegal to have a contractor work in employment conditions. I.e. you're not allowed to give a contractor set work hours, not allowed to specify how they work, not allowed to prevent them from outsourcing the work, etc. If you do those things, and the tax service finds out, or a "contractor" gets sick and decides to demand you pay them sick leave, you're in deep trouble.
- mbeex 5y agoThe same in Germany. The people can be easily classified as bogus self-employed (scheinselbststaendig). The company would have to pay social security contributions retroactively up to 4 years. Furthermore, the 'contractors' could sue their way into employment. Also, workarounds mentioned elsewhere, like employment as temp by utilizing intermediate staffing companies, became widely known in time also to government agencies. Most companies will fire/replace such staff after 18 month max for this reason.