Question

Nadya and Owen work at Purified Water Company. Nadya is a sales representative who works with Purified’s customers, including restaurants, grocery stores, and other businesses, as well as individual consumers. Purified closely supervises all of its sales reps, and dictates their schedules. Owen is an engineer who works in Purified’s water treatment, but does not deal with third parties.With respect to third parties, Nadya is Purified’s a. employee, agent, and independent contractor. b. employee and agent. c. employee but not agent. d. independent contractor.

Answer 1

B. employee and agent

Step-by-step explanation:

Nadya is an employee of Purified Water Company because according to the situation, the company supervises her as a sales representative, also because she has a pre established schedule given my the company. These are specific aspects that make the difference between an independent contractor and an employee.

In the same way, an agent is a person who represents a company or a business with clients, other companies or other third parties. in Nadya's case, she is a sales agent, she represents Purified Water Company with Restaurants, grocery stores, and other businesses, as well as individual consumers.