Question

AAA Advertising hires Christopher as a photographer to take photographs of products for AAA’s use in its advertising campaigns. Christopher is to use his own DSLR camera. Christopher will have an office at AAA but only needs to come in 10 hours a week, of his own choosing. Christopher will work under a supervisor who will tell him exactly what photos to take and how many of each product. He will be paid a flat $2,000 salary every other week, regardless of how much work he does. 1) What is Christopher’s employment status with AAA, is he an employee or independent contractor? 2) Discuss each of the applicable factors used to determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee.

Answer 1

Christopher is an Employee

Step-by-step explanation:

1) Christopher is an Employee because he is been paid a flat rate regardless of the amount of work he puts in, also he is directly supervised, has an office in AAA and also he must put in 10 hours of work per week

2) Factors that makes a worker an independent contractor or an Employee includes

• level of instruction; If the company or its representative directs the worker on how, when and where a job can be done this indicates that the worker is an employee
• work schedule: An independent contractor is totally in control of his time and determines the amount of hours to put in but if the work schedule is determined by the company then it will be an employee arrangement
• form of payment ; Hourly, weekly and monthly payments are mostly used for employees ,most independent contractors collect their pay once a task is completed by them
• profit or loss : Employees do not share in the profit or loss of the organization since they are paid a flat rate.