United States HR Law: ‘misclassifying’ employees as independent contractors
Hiring an employee is an expensive proposition. Employees must be trained, they must be paid regardless of their productivity while they are employed, they have many rights under the law including...
View ArticleSo what exactly is a “dependent contractor”?
I have often commented on the widespread misclassification of workers and, more specifically, the common practice of treating a worker as an Independent Contractor when they are really an employee in...
View ArticleWhen is a worker both an employee and a contractor?
Worker classification has become a major source of conflict in Canadian employment law. Most media attention in this regard has been given to classification disputes by gig workers (such as the case of...
View ArticleIs a new test emerging for worker classification?
Workers are usually categorized as an employee or a contractor. Each category comes with its own distinct set of entitlements and obligations. Generally speaking, a contractor is someone in business...
View ArticleIndependent contractors have a duty to mitigate loss of fixed-term work
We have continually cautioned readers about the use of fixed-term employment contracts. The reason is simple: should fixed-term contracts be ended early, there is a high probability that dismissed...
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