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Employees incorrectly treated as independent contractors
The ATO is warning businesses that if they incorrectly treat an employee as an independent contractor, then they risk receiving penalties and charges, including:
Employee v Contractor.
The ATO is allocating compliance resources to worker classification arrangements and have released draft Guideline PCG 2022/D5 to assist when classifying workers as employees or independent contractors. It also outlines the risk framework to assist in a self-assessing the likelihood of ATO Compliance action.
Contractor or Employee Argument: Sessional lecturer entitled to superannuation support.
The Federal Court has agreed with the ATO that a lecturer providing services to a higher education provider was a common law employee and therefore entitled to superannuation support, despite being engaged as an independent contractor.