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Re:Forced unemployment and second-class status: Google's dat... by Retric on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @10:39AM (#26875281)
The difference between a contractor and an employee isn’t arbitrarily. Basically, if you’re using company equipment, following the companies schedule, and don’t have a clear task with a clear finishing condition then you’re an employee.

Finding someone to fill in for a secretary on maternity leave is fine, but open ended contacts on their equipment and schedule without some specific task is just opening them up to lose another lawsuit.

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Re:Forced unemployment and second-class status: Google's dat... by taurath on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @04:44PM (#26881385)
By that metric almost every contractor I've ever worked with should be an employee. Which I sort of agree with. But you can come up with "well defined project's" when its really "staff-aug".
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