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Hm.. I do see the distinction there, but it seems to have interesting consequences for other industries that operate with a contractor model. If this woman cou
by Vraxx 11y ago
Hm.. I do see the distinction there, but it seems to have interesting consequences for other industries that operate with a contractor model. If this woman could be deemed an employee by essentially contracting for only one customer base, couldn't contractors in other industries essentially become employees without ever being formally hired by restricting their customer base?
Of course this is assuming a similar situation with an organization that aggregates customers and connects them to contractors doing the work. The specific example that I saw elsewhere in the thread was the contracted chicken farmers[0]
[0]:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9733269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9733269
- daurnimator 11y ago> I do see the distinction there, but it seems to have interesting consequences for other industries that operate with a contractor model. If this woman could be deemed an employee by essentially contracting for only one customer base, couldn't contractors in other industries essentially become employees without ever being formally hired by restricting their customer base? Yes. infact that happens quite a lot (subject to jurisdiction). Many builders I know are very concerned about hiring the same contractor too often as they might accidently become an employee (and hence have to pay taxes on them).