Am I a contractor or an employee?
This is a big grey area so many are asking about, and it is not straight forward, so hopefully this site can support you define your relationship to providing services. This site is to help define aspects of the legal responsibilities of business management and the hope is you find how you’re placed in relation to the support you offer to people using the system of the NDIS.
Have a look at the material on this site and under NDIS self management it should help you define your role and business responsibilities. A service provider may have their business services engaged via direct casual employment, contracted or using an intermediary platform, the same laws of employment conditions and financial requirements apply to self managers alike.
If your an independent service provider you may be –
directly employed by a plan managed or self managed NDIS recipient
OR
contracted or sub contracted to work for an NDIS recipient
OR
registerd with an intermediary platform who would then pay you and charge the NDIS recipient.
It all comes down to a couple of things –
what type of arrangement you have with the recipient to do the service you offer
AND
who takes responsibility, deals with tax, super contributions, workers compensation, insurances and the legal paper trail and infra structure that defines who the business is and how it is run.
Check the ATO calculator by clicking here for peace of mind and clarity.
If you are an independent provider you may be interested in having the backing of a best practice business structure which could allow you to expand at some future point. It may even be that currently, you directly employ or work with others as a team. At some point the information offered here to participants directly employing staff could apply to you, so consider if the Manuals offered on the sister site at shortroadtohope.org would be of benefit or supportive for you too.