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Newshound
12-08-2013, 10:29 AM
The incorrect characterisation of workers as contractors rather than as employees can lead to a range of regulatory risks (with significant financial penalties).

The start of a new financial year is an ideal opportunity to:



review the contractual arrangements in place with workers; and

specifically, consider whether the current characterisation of your workers as either ‘employees’ or ‘contractors’ is consistent with tax and employment law, at both the State/Territory and Federal level.



Read more... (http://www.hopgoodganim.com.au/page/Publications/HopgoodGanim_Alert_The_flow_on_effects_of_incorrec tly_characterising_a_worker_as_an_independent_cont ractor_-_1_July_2013/)