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What Is Dependency In Terms Of Employment Status

November 9, 2007 by Melynda Layton LL.B.  
Category: Employment Law

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In normal circumstances, an employee is defined as someone who has an exclusive, long-term relationship with an employer, and an independent contractor is free to provide services to many different organizations. However, a third type of relationship has developed over time known as the intermediate employee or the intermediate worker. This is a hybrid status [...]

Changing an employee’s status has consequences:

August 10, 2005 by Howard Levitt LL.B.  
Category: General

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With the chief executive as his brother, Norman Miller was confident he had job security. But returning from lunch one day, he was shocked to discover that his desk had vanished. It was his brother’s doing. Norman began working full-time for Milcorp Industries Ltd. when it was owned and operated by his family. Rising through [...]