Whether It Is Easier for a Manager to Deal with an Employee or an Independent Contractor
From a legal perspective, determine if it is easier for 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 factors of the work that is being done by the independent contractor. The contractor controls the means and the methods that’s needed to complete the task at hand. I believe that, from a legal point of view, that it would be easier for a manager/employer to deal with employees rather than independent contractors because of all the legality that goes along with employing a contractor. For every contractor they hire the employer needs to make sure each contractor has a w-9 form, the business licenses and the certificates of insurance. They need a 1099-MISC which they need to report the payments made within the contractual agreement if the independent contractor was paid more than $600, if that form is not completed, the employer/business owner would be charged a fee per form. Having employees, the employer/business owner can have more control over how things are done and when the task will be completed. A manager can terminate an employee for not doing what is needed to be done or has not been done to the satisfaction of the business owner/employer. The business owner cannot simply fire an independent contractor because they are under contract. It would take a lot more financially as well as more time because they would more than likely have to take the problem to court.
With the rise of virtual work arrangements (working from another location other than the designated office), discuss the legal issues that
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 factors of the work that is being done by the independent contractor. The contractor controls the means and the methods that’s needed to complete the task at hand. I believe that, from a legal point of view, that it would be easier for a manager/employer to deal with employees rather than independent contractors because of all the legality that goes along with employing a contractor. For every contractor they hire the employer needs to make sure each contractor has a w-9 form, the business licenses and the certificates of insurance. They need a 1099-MISC which they need to report the payments made within the contractual agreement if the independent contractor was paid more than $600, if that form is not completed, the employer/business owner would be charged a fee per form. Having employees, the employer/business owner can have more control over how things are done and when the task will be completed. A manager can terminate an employee for not doing what is needed to be done or has not been done to the satisfaction of the business owner/employer. The business owner cannot simply fire an independent contractor because they are under contract. It would take a lot more financially as well as more time because they would more than likely have to take the problem to court.
With the rise of virtual work arrangements (working from another location other than the designated office), discuss the legal issues that