We're obviously not as civilised as you think. It used to be common in IT and now spreading to other industries. I was an IT contractor for about 7 years. The contract is between 2 companies, including your own (Web-Options, in my case). It's your own company that pays you the benefits. It doesn't cost the contracting company (your customer) much less, but it means it's easy to get rid of you. The benefit to the contractor is that you can earn more and optimise your tax situation, provided you have regular work.
However, the tax authorities put a stop some time back to 'fire on Friday, rehire as a contractor on Monday', and to disguised employment by tightening up on the tax optimisations available, so it's not as advantageous as it used to be. -- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Womer > Sent: 28 September 2006 23:02 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT - Freelance Life, Here I Come > > Cotty, > > What is the advantage of being an independent > contractor instead of an employee? (Over here, > companies often make people redundant and then hire > them as contractors so that they don't have to pay > their benefits--not a problem in a civilised country > like the UK). > > Rick (also looking forward to GFM 07) > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
