Anyone will to share their contract?

[Inspired by Reggio]

This link below might help hon - directly from the government website on determining employed or self employed .... I have added the red comments .... so when you weigh ALL of those things even though 'paid vacation / stats' is something usually seen in an 'employment' situation the rest pushes us directly into SELF EMPLOYED - as a self employed person since YOU control the contract it is up to you ~ you factor your potential expenses and set your fees in your contract OF service accordingly and it is up to the customer to choose to accept that service and to pay for it .... kinda like some restaurants factor in the TIP automatically and others do not it and the customer has to choose if they want to accept that or eat elsewhere!

Our industry is 'unique' because we are a repeat service business with a bunch of rules that regulate our income ... unlike a hairdressor who can 'double book' her appointments leading up to a stat closure or vacation or after a sick day to make up for lost income on those days ... we CANNOT our income is limited to the legal amount of clients we can have ... so it is easier to set our fees to either 'include' payment for these or to charge MORE over the course of the year to make up for it so that we can be assured to have an income of X at the end of the year either way

http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pub/tg/rc4110/rc4110-e.html

We ask the worker and the payer questions that will help us understand the working relationship and allow us to verify whether the intent of the parties is reflected in the facts.

These questions relate to the following elements:

the level of control the payer has over the worker’s activities; (in our case NONE we determine our policies and practices)
whether or not the worker provides the tools and equipment; (yes WE provide the the majority of tools and equipment)
whether the worker can subcontract the work or hire assistants; (yes we can if we so choose)
the degree of financial risk taken by the worker; (the risk is all OURS if the client pulls we have no recourse)
the degree of responsibility for investment and management held by the worker; (again this is all OURS as the service provider )
the worker's opportunity for profit; (again we control the expenses and profit for our businesses) and
any other relevant factors, such as written contracts. (WE write the contract)