> If you are a freelancer then your contract should allow you to do work for others
Not only that, in some EU countries it's even illegal for a freelancer to work for 1x customer.
Not only that, in some EU countries it's even illegal for a freelancer to work for 1x customer.
How does that work? Is it more "exclusively for one customer" similar to the how the IRS rules work?
Both France and Germany have such laws but other countries do too.
The point is that many companies would otherwise stiffle workers by forcing them into becoming freelancers because then they don't have to provide legally prescribed healthcare benefits, paid vacation, contributions to pension, etc. that employees get.
And at the same time those workers don't have really the position to meaningfully negotiate their contracts to e.g. include extra pay for that missing vacation or healthcare/pension insurance. I.e. we are not talking about IT consultants but delivery drivers, cleaners, etc. - low paying jobs.
I.e. Uber's business model - and that's exactly why it was banned/had big problems in many EU countries (in addition to completely flouting the existing taxi service regulations).
The reason is companies were abusing self employment laws by only recruiting freelancers even for full time roles so they didn’t have to provide sick pay/parental leave/holidays/pensions/etc.