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Self-employed or salaried workers?

How can you determine your status?

Revenu Québec uses six criteria to determine whether a worker is self-employed or salaried:

Effective subordination in work;
Economic or financial criteria;
Ownership of tools;
Integration of tasks completed;
Specific result of the work;
Attitude of parties regarding their business relationship.

In summary, “you are considered to be self-employed if you are free to choose the means of carrying out a contract and no relationship of subordination exists between you and your client” and you are considered an employee if “under a written or verbal contract, you undertake for a limited time to do work for remuneration under the direction or control of an employer.”

It is important to note, however, that each situation is unique and a global analysis of the context may be required to determine your employment status.

What your status means

It is important to make this distinction, as employment status directly influences workers’ rights regarding the Quebec Pension Plan, the Employment Insurance Act and the Income Tax Act. The facts surrounding the work relationship as a whole will determine the employment status. As such, as soon as the status as a self-employed or salaried worker is determined, it is easier to explain the applicable obligations in each case.

Normally, self-employed workers have several clients (clinics, spas, etc.), are free in how to carry out their work and to choose their work conditions. Differences in tax treatment between self-employed and salaried workers concerning salary deductions are summarized in the following table.

Business income earned by self-employed workers while carrying out a profession must be included on their income tax returns each year via forms T2125 (federal) and TP-80 (provincial).

A business’s net income is calculated using the accrual accounting method. This means that regardless of whether income has been received or expenses have been paid, they are recorded when services are rendered or expenses are incurred.

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Clarifications regarding salaried worker compensation

If I go to work but my client does not show up, will I still be compensated?

According to article 58 of the Act Respecting Labour Standards:

“An employee who reports for work at his place of employment at the express demand of his employer or in the regular course of his employment and who works fewer than three consecutive hours…is entitled, to an indemnity equal to three hours’ wages at the prevailing hourly rate.”

This condition does not apply under certain exceptions.

Disclaimer

Neither the Réseau, nor FBL LLP guarantee or assume any responsibility regarding the contents of this document, which is intended for information purposes only and has no legal value. All users must verify information on their own while remaining aware that each case is different.

[1] EI Special Benefits for Self-Employed People: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/ei-self-employed-workers.html