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He also doesn't seem to understand that there are labour contracts and civil contracts. The former are the heavily regulated kind, the latter are like US contra
by anonymous 14y ago
He also doesn't seem to understand that there are labour contracts and civil contracts. The former are the heavily regulated kind, the latter are like US contracts - you can put whatever you like in them. So it's entirely possible, if you wish, to draft a contract saying Person will work for 6 months at startup A in order to produce result X and unless they turn out incompetent (or the company goes under, etc), they'll be offered a labour contract.
Whether anybody would feel comfortable signing such a thing though, is a different matter.
- rmc 14y agoThis probably depends on the juristiction, but I strongly doubt it's that easy to get around employee law like that. Often the laws are written to basically say "Person A is an employee if they do a type of work for pay etc. etc.", regardless if they have a "labour contract" vs "civil contract". If it was that easy, then all companies would do it.
- jeltz 14y agoI do not think that would work almost anywhere in the western world. Neither in the US or in Europe. There are laws regulating employment in all European countries and all or almost all American States. And you cannot bypass these laws with just a paper.