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It doesn't sidestep the laws. Most likely these people are misclassified and the employer is breaking the law. This is why Microsoft only allows contractors to
by kyllo 11y ago
It doesn't sidestep the laws. Most likely these people are misclassified and the employer is breaking the law.
This is why Microsoft only allows contractors to work at Microsoft for 18 months at a time, with a mandatory 6 months in between contracts. They got busted for misclassifying employees as contractors.
- thoman23 11y agoAbsolutely correct. I worked 7 years at a mega-bank that always had "contractors" on staff. Shortly after I arrived, the bank was wrapping up lawsuits brought by former contractors who (correctly) argued that they were misclassified and should have been employees. From that point on, the bank became very strict about enforcing the same 18/6 rule you saw at Microsoft.