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Employee or Independent Contractor Checklist
Download our free legal classification checklist to help managers and HR professionals determine whether workers should be engaged as employees or independent contractors before costly compliance issues arise.
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What's inside the checklist?
Download a practical legal classification checklist developed by employment law professionals to help Australian businesses correctly assess whether a worker is more likely to be an employee or an independent contractor.
Inside you’ll discover:
- A practical employee vs contractor assessment framework
- A contract assessment based on current legal principles
- A multi-factorial legal classification test
- A sham contracting risk assessment
- An easy-to-use assessment summary to support compliant engagement decisions
Is this checklist right for you?
This checklist is ideal for:
- Business Owners
- HR Managers
- Directors
- Operations Managers
- Recruiters
- Payroll & People & Culture Teams
- Businesses engaging employees, contractors or freelancers
Why download this checklist?
Misclassifying workers can expose businesses to significant back-pay claims, superannuation liabilities, payroll tax obligations, penalties and costly legal disputes.
This checklist provides a practical framework to help you:
- Assess new and existing worker arrangements with confidence
- Identify employee and contractor classification risks early
- Reduce the likelihood of sham contracting claims
- Protect your business before small issues become expensive problems
- Make more informed and legally compliant engagement decisions