Michael StJohns <mstjohns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me run a few terms past you (we can quibble about each, but this
> seems to be the general set I've seen - there are variations within
> each):
Thank you.
> * Employee - generally at will employment, most positions within a
> company, can be told what to do, when to do it and how to do it
> generally by anyone above them in the food chain. Generally only has a
> single employer (at least for salaried employees).
....
> * Contractor/consultant. Has a contract for services to a given
> company, may do work for multiple entities. May be tasked by the
> company (generally a specific contract POC),
*_but not told when or how to do it_*.
> May be an individual or a company. Includes both
> common services contractors (e.g. IT) and Subject matter expert
> consultants. Contracts may be very specific in deliverables, or much
> more open ended. May be duration or task based.
In Canada our federal tax people ("Revenue Canada", now "CRA") have rules
about whether people are contractor/consultants or employees, and generally contractors:
- work when they want
- where they want.
- bring their own tools
[what that means in an era of "cloud" tools on corporate accounts...]
If the contractee specifies too much of this, then they become an employee.
Among federal departments who are most blantant about disregarding those
rules, is naturally, CRA.
> The main problem I see with trying to do this role as an "employee",
> is that the LLC doesn't have a deep enough organization to handle an
> employee as senior and independent as the role needs to be. It's
> possible that the "employee with a contract" model might work, but
> given our experience with Heather and the fact that we were only
> utilizing about 50% or so of her time, it might be difficult to cover
> the additional 50% of an full time employee and keep them fully engaged
> and interested year after year.
I don't think it's the details of this "clerical" mechanism that matters.
It's the process (RFP+BID) vs Search-committee+interview that matters.
> As I was writing the above, something struck me. Heather (and Jon,
> Bob and Joyce before her) is as senior and competent in her field as
> the various lawyers we've engaged to deal with the LLC, Trust etc over
> the years are in theirs. We wouldn't think it would be a good idea to
> micromanage the lawyers (and I'm sure they wouldn't tolerate it). I'm
> not quite sure why we thought it was a good idea to provide the level
> of "oversight" and management to such a senior level position, and that
> appears to have been part of the problem.
:-)
+10.
I thought the RSOC was also responsible for the details of the RPC contract.
--
] Never tell me the odds! | ipv6 mesh networks [
] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works | IoT architect [
] mcr@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.sandelman.ca/ | ruby on rails [
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: PGP signature
