"Independant Contractors"
With the large amount of new and unemployed instructors around I have heard of flying schools going back to employing instructors as independent contractors. ie. making them pay for their own tax,annual leave,sick leave,super and insurances. I have heard they also have to pay for CFI proficiency checks. Poor hourly rates are being paid for this privelige. From my reading most instructors would not fit the tax dept description of an independent contractor but are essentially employees. Do we have any accountants or legal eagles who can set the record straight on this degrading practice and what we can do about it.