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Freedom of contract vs employee protection

If an employee and a company knowingly choose B2B or another form of cooperation, should the state be able to decide that it should instead be an employment contract?

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Employee protection

  1. Let's be honest - a lot of these B2B arrangements aren't really businesses. You sit in the office for eight hours, have a manager, need approval for time off, and issue an invoice only because it's cheaper for the company.
  2. If a company tells you: either start a business or you don't get the job, where exactly is the freedom of choice? On paper you're an entrepreneur, but in reality you're an employee without employee protection.
  3. An employment contract gives you paid leave, sick leave, a notice period and some stability. Not everyone should have to give all that up just because the employer wants to reduce its costs.
  4. If someone does exactly the same job as an employee, under the same manager and according to the same schedule, why should one person have employee rights while the other doesn't?
  5. Companies have had years to stop abusing civil-law contracts. If some of them used B2B simply as a way to avoid employment law, it's hardly surprising that the state has finally stepped in.
  6. B2B may look great today because you take home more money. The problem starts when you get sick, the company ends the cooperation overnight, or years later you discover that your retirement protection is much weaker.

Freedom of contract

  1. I'm an adult, I know what I'm signing, I want to work on B2B and the company wants the same thing. Why should an official get to decide that they know what's better for me?
  2. Not everyone dreams of an employment contract. I'd rather earn more and manage my own taxes, time off and financial security. It's my choice and my risk.
  3. The state made employment expensive for companies and now acts surprised that businesses and workers are looking for other ways to cooperate.
  4. It's easy to say this is all about protecting workers. It's just interesting that moving people onto employment contracts also means more money flowing into taxes and social contributions.
  5. B2B isn't the problem. Forced B2B is. Instead of targeting actual abuse, we could end up hurting companies and people who genuinely want to work together this way.
  6. Hiring someone on an employment contract means much higher costs and more risk for the company. The result may be that instead of getting an employment contract, some people simply won't get the job at all - or the work will move somewhere else.
  7. Optional: briefly explain why you support freedom of contract or greater employee protection. Your comment will be visible only to the QwertyJobs.com team.

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