Employment solutions: Employees or contractors

The classification of ‘employee or contractor’ has taken an interesting turn in a number of recent court decisions, where the details of employment contracts are being given a lot more importance than they have in the past. As a result, this is impacting whether individuals and businesses should be subject to PAYG, superannuation, FBT and payroll tax.

Hear from our experts, who will take you through the ‘ins and outs’, and provide some practical tips for handling this decision process going forward. 

 

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