The art of the multifactorial test: Are your workers employees or contractors?
In August 2024, the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) (FWA) introduced a new practical test for distinguishing employees from independent contractors. With little to no guidance on how the FWA should be interpreted since its introduction, two recent decisions provide some initial illustrations of how this multifactorial test should be applied in practice. We take […]
