BALW20150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 32: Independent Contractor, W. M. Keck Observatory
6 Jan 2019
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Chapter 32 notes: courts often asked to determine whether someone is an employee or an independent contractor. Important because workers may benefit from obtaining employee status in some situations: may not have to pay certain taxes, criteria used by irs: Irs has own criteria for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee: most important factor , degree of control the business exercises over the worker. In this case, the employer owns the copyright to the work. In contrast, when employer hires an independent contractor, such as a freelance artist, the independent contractor owns the copyright: exception occurs if the parties agree in writing that the work is a. Work for hire and the work falls into one of the 9 specific categories (audiovisual works, collective works, motion pictures, textbooks, tests, and translations: example, as a freelance contractor, brian created two sculptures for national.
