by Simon Obee | Feb 17, 2022 | Independent Contractors
In Australia, a business generally has two choices about how it can engage someone to perform work for paid work for it. One option is to engage them as an employee. The other is to engage them as a contractor. But what’s the difference and why does it matter? In a... 
by Simon Obee | Aug 12, 2019 | Independent Contractors
A section of the Fair Work Act 2009 which is sometimes overlooked is s.358 which makes it unlawful for employers to dismiss an employee in order to re-engage them as an independent contractor to perform the same, or substantially the same, work. This means employers...