If they... | then they, for example... |
decide or control how they do the work | - decide when they take their holidays
- decide when, where and what hours they work
- decide the standard or quality of work
- decide how much they get paid and how.
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invest or risk their own money in the activity | - could sell the business
- could support the business with their own money, for example lend it money or provide some working capital (excluding shares obtained from any employee share purchase plan)
- are responsible for losses or their own bad management
- are responsible for management and investment decisions for the business.
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are responsible for getting the work done | - can get other people to work with or for them, without needing to get permission from anyone else
- pay these people from their own funds
- are free to work for other people
- advertise their own account
- can't do the job (for example they are sick) they organise a replacement
- their contract says they'll be penalised in some way if they stopped work, or left without completing a particular project
- must correct unsatisfactory work in their own time and at their own expense.
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