Assignment Agreement

When is an employee not an employee?

August 29, 2012 Earl Altman Employee Relations, Employment/Labour Standards, Human Resources, Recruiting and Hiring

Employees, and employers, frequently seek to paint the employment relationship in a different manner in order to serve whatever goals they may have in either their employment or in the operation of their business. The writer has seen countless “Consulting Agreements” which merely attempt to clothe an employee with some characteristics of an independent contractor in the hope of either reducing taxes or avoiding Employment Standards Act responsibilities.

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