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Compliance 2026

Direction and supervision: avoiding false self-employment in practice

Authority is the criterion on which most freelance constructions fail. Not because the contract is wrong, but because day-to-day direction looks too much like employment. Here is how to organise direction and supervision in practice — and when a temporary employment contract is the better call.

Last updated: September 2026

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Authority is the criterion on which most freelance constructions fail. Not because the contract is wrong, but because day-to-day direction looks too much like employment. Here is how to organise direction and supervision in practice — and when a temporary employment contract is the better call.