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					Originally Posted by  woj
					 
				 
				
			
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That's exactly how it played out, in Canada, in the example I gave that I was involved in.  The contractor was not considered an employee, and there was no valid employer-employee relationship.
"In our case, the bare facts indicate that the software designer is not the shop owner's employee. As a result, the employee portion of the "work for hire" doctrine does not apply."