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That's an interesting concept. I wonder what legal issues would need to be tacked with regards to the notion of whether you are a "business" or an "employee" to
by run4yourlives 18y ago
That's an interesting concept. I wonder what legal issues would need to be tacked with regards to the notion of whether you are a "business" or an "employee" to make that work in the North American market?
I wonder though, do the individual contractors market themselves as being from that company? What does that do for the reputation of the umbrella corp? Anyone have any details?
- pelle 18y agoIn the UK it's pretty transparent. The only time the client sees the company name is on the invoice. Most people using umbrella companies go through agencies, but you could obviously do your own selling.
- zach 18y agoWe have PEOs here in North America: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_employer_organization http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_employer_organizat... I worked for Administaff, a huge PEO, when I was at a startup video game company. They are your employer-in-name on behalf of your employer-in-fact. So all your payroll, benefits, etc. come from them. It enabled us to not have an HR person (or any other non-development personnel) in the company until we were acquired, which is a particular benefit in a small, product-focused company.
- run4yourlives 18y agoThat's a little different though in that the PEO works for your "real" employer, whereas the Umbrella works for you, the employee.