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Independent Contractors vs Employees
10 October, 2011 By
Hi Peppe,
So glad that you chose to cover the Independent Contractors vs Employees especially with the impending EU directive – Agency Workers Directive due to be adopted into Ireland legal system shortly.
I have a very limited understanding of this but in a nutshell this directive intends “to give temporary agency workers the same rights as full-time workers to pay, holiday and maternity etc”
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on the impact of this directive to the current situation that is outlined above.
Regards,
Con
Con, thanks for your input. I think with this post I was looking to touch on some of the differences between employees and non-employees. The Agency Workers Directive deals with a similar/related issue and will be a great topic for a future post.
Thanks again for checking in.
Peppe