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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by mikeyouse on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:23PM (#38209650)
It's not illegal - they'd just have to provide them employee-like benefits which would be expensive. So it's just costly to treat contractors too well.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by eloisant on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:37PM (#38209925)
I think the way it works is that if they provide some benefits, then they would have to make them into FTE and give them all the benefits.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by thomasahle on Thursday November 09, 2023 @02:57PM (#38210266)
Exactly. And that's perfectly legal to do.
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Re:What I learned getting acquired by Google by lazide on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:15PM (#38214672)
Sure, but then those folks wouldn’t likely be employed.
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