On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 12:40:36PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> If they set your hours and you have to work at their facility, they > can't make you a contractor or consultant.
So on Monday they just say "here is a list of things to do, get them done by Friday at 5pm". They aren't setting your hours, so they can call you a contractor/consultant and avoid all the rules. I guess?
Erik Reuter
A business talk radio program had a phone caller ask about this, some woman had a small business and wanted to call her employees contractors. The host laid out rules "if they work with your equipment, if you set their hours" things like that then they are employees, not contractors. But my brother: he works at their place, using their equipment, they don't set his hours but they restrict them, and he is a contractor. But he works for another company, they are contracting him to the other places. Maybe the missing term is Independent. If I take a job and I know before hand that I'm a contractor, then there are certain rules that apply? But if I'm working for someone or a company is hiring and the ad reads "must be a contractor to work here" the rules are different?
I just can't see any company just one day calling a meeting and say "We need to save money. Guess what? You are all contractors now!" <much cheering> <provided by the company> I can see what you might mean Eric. If all the low paying workplaces in an area got together and decided to call everyone contractors they may be able to control the workforce. But can you imagine this happening?
Hmmm, more thoughts are popping into my head. I need JDG to speculate. Are there significant workplaces or people who are offered positions that are almost full time, but aren't? Like Wal-mart has cashiers working 35 hours a week, but the workers have to get a second job to make the extra money. I can see retail places doing that, but not a factory.
Kevin T.
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