ExpertACCA · Question 10 · Employment law
A freelance data annotator works for a machine learning firm. They are required to perform the work personally, cannot send a substitute, and are integrated into the firm's daily workflow, but they pay their own tax and are labeled 'independent contractors' in their contract.
How is an Employment Tribunal likely to classify their employment status?
A freelance data annotator works for a machine learning firm. They are required to perform the work personally, cannot send a substitute, and are integrated into the firm's daily workflow, but they pay their own tax and are labeled 'independent contractors' in their contract.
How is an Employment Tribunal likely to classify their employment status?
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As an independent contractor, because the written contract expressly states this.
As a worker or employee, because the requirement for personal service and integration overrides the contractual label.
As an independent contractor, because they pay their own tax.
As a volunteer, because freelance work in tech is unregulated.
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