title: Employee vs independent contractor.
abstract: Finding qualified personnel for the cancer registry department has become increasingly difficult, as experienced abstractors retire and cancer diagnoses increase. Faced with hiring challenges, managers turn to teleworkers to fill positions and accomplish work in a timely manner. Suddenly, the hospital hires new legal staff and all telework agreements are disrupted. The question arises: Are teleworkers employees or independent contractors? Creating telework positions requires approval from the legal department and human resources. Caught off-guard in the last quarter of the year, I found myself again faced with hiring challenges.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kolender
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004651:Employment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries