"hire ... as contractors, but to treat them like full-time employees"
In UK employment law at least this isn't legal, or rather the law simply treats them as employees.
I think they were referring to the liabilities from the perspective or running a company. Not, how it affects the individual employee/contractor.
Re:Remote
by tnorthcutt on Thursday November 07, 2013 @11:28AM
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Same thing in the US. There are major tax implications.
I don't understand the legal side of the situation completely, but if you have enough people working out of a given international city, it could create a Nexus and require you to set up an office, etc.
Remote's advice here is to hire international workers as contractors, but to treat them like full-time employees. Not ideal.
Hopefully, this will get easier as time goes on.