Employee or Independent Contractor? Read the fine print

This article highlights the importance of businesses taking care in the detail of worker agreements and contracts and how High Court decisions emphasise this.

The differences between an independent contractor and an employee are complex to determine. Historically, courts have looked at a range of factors (known as the multi-factor test) to determine whether a worker is an employee, or an independent contractor. Some of the prominent factors taken into account include: degree of control over how a worker performs work; terms of the contract; ability to delegate or subcontract; whether the worker is held out to be a representative of the empl...

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Authors: Vivienne Hardy, David Sofrà,

Published Date: 13 April 2022