[Osmf-talk] Seeking input on the personnel committee

[Simon Poole]

Am 25.09.2020 um 16:15 schrieb Craig Allan:
> Dear All, y
> With reference to Mikel's request for input on the role of the
> Personnel Committee.
>
> 1. Note: Not everyone who works for OSMF is Personnel.
> With reference to comments at the last Board meeting, the appointment
> of Quincy to work on iD editor has been as an Independent Contractor,
> not as a staff member. It is important to make sure that at all times
> we visibly treat Quincy as an Independent Contractor not as a staff
> member. If we fail to do this there are all sorts of tedious Labour
> law, Tax law and Health and Safety law implications on both us and on
> him.  He should stay far away from the Personnel Committee.
>
Tax and social security authorities tend to decide these things based on
the actual terms of employment, and trying to obfuscate the
relationships by "naming" them something other than what they are, is
likely to get you in to more trouble, not less.

In general a contractor that is 100% depedent on a single employer over
a longer period of time, isn't one. If that causes serious issues in a
cross border situation is something that is complex to determine, and
I'm not offering an opinion on that.

Simon