Comments on: Creating a new class of worker http://paulwallbank.com/2015/06/23/creating-a-new-class-of-worker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creating-a-new-class-of-worker Society and business in the 21st Century Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.8.3 By: Paul Wallbank http://paulwallbank.com/2015/06/23/creating-a-new-class-of-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-84366 Tue, 30 Jun 2015 12:01:43 +0000 http://paulwallbank.com/?p=12999#comment-84366 In reply to Simon.

The US distinction is similar to Australia’s Simon. The problem is Uber in the US blurring the lines and some states are far more aggressive in their definitions.

]]> By: Simon http://paulwallbank.com/2015/06/23/creating-a-new-class-of-worker/comment-page-1/#comment-84039 Tue, 23 Jun 2015 22:19:15 +0000 http://paulwallbank.com/?p=12999#comment-84039 Interesting discussion – The ATO has pretty hard and fast rules as to what constitutes an employee and what constitutes a contractor. If you only contract to one organisation or work for more than 80% of your time for a single organisation, the ATO will almost certainly view you as an employee and that means a hell of a lot more work for the company and benefits (super, paid holidays etc) for the employee. Assuming Uber drivers in Australia for example are all set up as contractors with ABNs etc, I’m surprised the ATO hasn’t got on Uber’s back about this as they are forever dragging small businesses over the coals for using contractors instead of employees.

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