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I don't like to see my money being wasted on taxes. With Polish politicians there's zero chance that taxpayer money will be used reasonably.
How's that different than taxes you pay as a contractor?
"Equifax investigated and fired at least 24 remote workers for secretly holding second jobs." "secretly" ? Why you'd need to tell your employer that in the first place ?
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Specified, delegated and approved by distracted executives? Criminally negligent executives, in my personal opinion.
I don’t see how any of this was the executives fault. They have no idea of computer security and hired people who they thought were competent to handle it.
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> Being able to have multiple clients is one of the factors to determine if you're a contractor... This is very common misconception. People can have multiple employers just like contractors can have multiple clients. It has no bearing.
It is not a misconception in the U.S. This is one of many factors in determining the correct classification. https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
> Services available to the market
Does not mean the business cannot have a one client at a time.
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Because Equifax pays for it.
Do you have a source? Because companies generally care little for a tiny bit of extra cash like that. I assume the companies probably get paid in something, e.g. data as some other commenters suggested, rather than cash. While your comment suggests at least to mr that the payment is on cash.
How many businesses today actually run payroll 100% in-house? Almost none.
The general answer is that people are doing this because they feel undervalued. Sure there are some who will try to bend or even break the rules always if they feel they can get away with it, but for those whose output is a multiplier above normal, why should they donate that productivity to an employer who won’t pay for it?
Equifax is a horrible company overall, and this kind of monitoring is wrong. Their reaction to the facts isn’t necessarily wrong, though.
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Which means it’s essentially going away. I first encountered it in 2005 when I first contracted & it has never affected me. It nearly affected me with my previous contract a couple of years ago as the business really didn’t understand it and was “playing safe” by trying to go “inside IR35” for the role, but that’s utter nonsense for a 3 month engagement such as the one I was doing. I’ve always paid employers NI etc.…
Even with the current tax rates, it's not clear to me that it's a net tax gain for HMRC to push contractors to being permanent. A contractor typically charges VAT - which can more than make up for other taxes - especially if their day rate is higher than it would be on an employee salary.
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Or maybe get vouchers or tax refund for that dumpster fire.
I think that's defeats the purpose of public school. As a society, we decided we need to collectively contribute to every child's education, regardless if they are own. I have no kids, but I pay my school taxes so that other people's children can have an education.
On the one hand I get where Equifax is coming from. I’ve had coworkers before with multiple full-time jobs and only a very few can pull it off without it seriously impacting their expected productivity. The answer to this in that specific case is firing I think because it’s just dishonest. Not only are you not putting in the time, you’re also not making an equivalent business impact. The general answer is that people…
Merely feeling undervalued isn't enough to induce most people to work two full-time jobs. That's a brutal time commitment even for someone who isn't working very hard at either.
People usually do that because neither job pays well enough on its own.