How to tell a self employed worker from an employed worker?



Answer:
the joke answers were funny but legally speaking they are employed if they are paid wages/salary and self employed if they are paid by a client who usually pays after receiving an invoice. people are not usually their own boss but set up their own company which then effectively becomes their boss and they are teh director of it.

if you were just looking for joke answers this is not it but if not hope this helpful and you can get more info from the uk based companieshouse website
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A self employed worker does not frown on monday mornings.
they work harder
MOST employed workers work 40 hours per week.
The correct terminology is an employee not an employed worker!
Sorry to be such a ***..no harm intended!

By their time keeping!

An employee is usually a good time keeper, whereas the self employed tend to come and go as they please because mostly they are paid on a daily rate but the employee is paid by the hour not unless they are salaried.
A self-employed worker you will see regularly on yahoo!answers between the hours of 7am - 12 midnight, and an employed worker, between 6pm - 12 midnight.
A self employed worker never misses a day of work, doesn't counts hours, cares about customer saatisfaction and service and rarel,y takes vacations. Also never has a moment of peace.An emplyoyeee......well, I think you know.
An employed worker busts his/her a** every day to make money for others..A self employed worker busts his/her a** every day to make themselves money.
They smile more and get more holidays!
Phone your local Revenue and Customs Office they have people there who can tell you the rules regarding the difference between self employed and employed the difference is not so obvious when you get into it.
HMRC can help you with this one.

Don't rely on what the contract says - the law allows them to 'look through' the contract at the actual situation.

HMRC have a booklet to help you to work it out - see link attached. Its called "Employed or Self Employed?" - probably just what you are looking for.
if ur self employed you sort out your own tax returns etc.
If they get a W-2 in January then they are NOT self employed
Try the Revenue leaflet IR56.

Its not as easy as it sounds and fraught with ambiguity

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