Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? The differentiation between an independent contractor and an employee is a critical one for any employer to make. Furthermore‚ this choice can have significant implications for the business regarding additional fees and taxes. In this situation‚ Karen was initially hired as a temporary employee. Moreover‚ Karen has functioned as an independent contractor for 5 years. If one were to look at her employment
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Independent Contractors – Team work and Performance Management Many organizations are open to various ways of acquiring resources for their projects; using existing employees‚ hiring new employees‚ hiring contract resources or perhaps outsource part or the entire project. Right resources are not always available to the PM within the organization and will often look to hire from outside. Moore (2007‚ p.6) informed that globalization‚ advances in communication and technology‚ and many baby boomers
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Employer-Employee Relationship Quiz 1. Is Mary an independent contractor or an employee? Describe the factors that led to her determination. She is both‚ before she was in the contract she was an independent contractor and when she signed the contract she became an employee‚ when she was asked to leave she became an independent contractor. The aspects that lead me to accept as true that she became an employee is the sentence that states "Mary was asked to considered to continue with the company"
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Employee vs. Independent Contractor Employee vs. Independent Contractor HRM 546 February 4‚ 2013 Employee vs. Independent Contractor People generally know if they are an employee or an independent contractor‚ but with some jobs or businesses knowing
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Would the use of third party independent contractors alleviate or insulate MNCs from being attached‚ and would such use be a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? As is the case in the United States‚ the “independent contractor” status can only be supported through clear‚ legally defensible criteria‚ such as the amount of control the “contractor” has over the tasks to be achieved‚ the method the contractor is paid‚ the freedom of the contractor to work on other contracts
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DUTIES OF AGENT TO PPRINCIPAL Agent’s duty in conducting principal’s business 164. An agent is bound to conduct the business of his principal according to the directions given by the principal‚ or‚ in the absence of any such directions‚ according to the custom which prevails in doing business of the same kind at the place where the agent conducts the business. When the agent acts otherwise‚ if any loss be sustained‚ he must make it good to his principal‚ and‚ if any profit accrues‚ he must account
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kComprehensive Problem Weighted-Average Method The PVC Company manufactures a high-quality plastic pipe that goes through three processing stages prior to completion. Information on work in the first department‚ Cooking‚ is given below for May: Production data: | | Pounds in process‚ May 1: materials 100% | | complete; conversion 90% complete | 70‚000 | Pounds started into production during May | 350‚000 | Pounds completed and transferred to the next department | ? | Pounds in process
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Your role is to decide if Karen is an independent contractor or an employee and discuss some of the preventative and ethical situations that are occurring in this case. Questions: 1. Do you feel that Karen is an independent contractor or an employee? What is your rationale for this decision? In my opinion Karen should be a considered a permanent employee as she has been working and promoted in the company for five years and she is considered an asset to them‚ she is paid in salary already
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an independent contractor? Independent contactor works for‚ and receives payment from‚ an employer but whose working conditions and methods are not controlled by the employer. An independent contractor is not an employee but may be an agent. Seven criteria to be a contractor include: Worker can exercise control over details of work. Worker’s occupation is distinct from that of employer. Worker does not follow employer’s direction and instead works without supervision. Worker provides his own
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a manager to deal with an employee or an independent contractor. Provide an example or rationale for your answer. Determining which is easier to manager between employee and independent contractor would have to first be defined to determine the differences between the two. An employee is anyone who performs services for an employer where they would control what would be done and how it would be done. With an independent contractor‚ the business/employer only has the rights to direct the resulting
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