Dutch Act Impacts Liability For Companies Working With Self-Employed Contractors

Will Ongoing Contractor Relationships Qualify as Such After May 1, 2016?

Companies often seek to engage contractors to perform certain services. This may be for a variety of reasons, often because certain contractors have particular skills but are not needed on a long-term basis. The most important thing for any organization when making a decision to engage a contractor is to do everything possible to establish that there is a genuine independent contractor relationship and that the arrangement is not really an employment relationship. There can be severe and expensive consequences, both from a tax and civil law perspective, if a contractor relationship is not properly established.