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Are you an independent contractor or employee?
This fact sheet lists the differences between an employee and an independent contractor and explains the rights of each. It includes information on what workers can do if they are concerned about their rights.
Produced in 2010
Produced by
Workers' Action Centre
Topics Employment and Work - Employment Insurance; Employment and Work - Employment standards; Employment and Work - Parental, pregnancy, and other leaves; Employment and Work - Workplace safety; Employment and Work - Injured workers compensation
Format Booklet/PDF
Relates to region Across Ontario
Available as
 | http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/fs_independentcontr
actororemployee_eng.pdf
English , Adobe PDF (328.2 kB)
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_french/fs
_independentcontractororemployee_frn.pdf
French/français , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_chinese/f
s_independentcontractororemployee_chn.pdf
Chinese  , Adobe PDF
Simplified Chinese, 4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_somali/fs
_independentcontractororemployee_sml.pdf
Farsi/Persian  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_hindi/fs_
independentcontractororemployee_hnd.pdf
Hindi  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_portugues
e/fs_independentcontractororemployee_prt.pdf
Portuguese/Portugues  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_somali/fs
_independentcontractororemployee_sml.pdf
Somali  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_spanish/f
s_independentcontractororemployee_spn.pdf
Spanish  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_tamil/fs_
independentcontractororemployee_tml.pdf
Tamil  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
| http://www.workersactioncentre.org/!docs/resources_urdu/fs_i
ndependentcontractororemployee_urd.pdf
Urdu  , Adobe PDF
4 pages |
For more information contact
Workers' Action Centre
Phone 416-531-0778
Fax 416-533-0107
E-mail info@workersactioncentre.org
Web site http://www.workersactioncentre.org
