If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is working 24/7, guess again

Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by jlokier on Monday April 06, 2020 @04:54AM (#22791939)

Fixed term employment contracts are an option too. They are quite common. E.g. nearly everyone in academia.

I think you have misunderstood the suggestion; it's not about contractors vs. employees, it's about fixed-term versus not.

Fixed-term employees are not classed as contractors. They are regular employees with all the usual benefits and rights of employement - except that it comes to an end at a pre-determined date, unless extended.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by fidelramos on Monday April 06, 2020 @07:51AM (#22792860)

How do you expect businesses to gamble with a predetermined end date that will probably not match the actual end of the pandemic?

Regulations have many unseen side effects that end up causing damage, people should think harder about them and they would realize that in many cases (most in my opinion) they do more harm than good.

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Re:If you imagine a business making surgical facemasks is wo... by BeetleB on Monday April 06, 2020 @10:19AM (#22793923)

I see. So what happens when the contract ends? Can they not apply for unemployment? And if they do, will it still not affect the business's premiums?

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