{"id":6890,"date":"2018-11-27T21:20:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T03:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcel.local\/?post_type=practices&#038;p=6890\/"},"modified":"2018-11-27T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T03:21:03","slug":"contratista-independiente-vs-empleado","status":"publish","type":"practices","link":"https:\/\/westcoastemploymentlawyers.com\/es\/areas-de-practica\/salario-y-horas\/contratista-independiente-vs-empleado\/","title":{"rendered":"Contratista Independiente Vs. Empleado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La forma en que trabajamos est\u00e1 cambiando, y m\u00e1s empleadores est\u00e1n permitiendo que sus empleados trabajen de forma remota o independiente. Las empresas ahora est\u00e1n optando por pagar los servicios de aut\u00f3nomos o contratistas independientes en lugar de contratar directamente a su propio personal. Si bien esta evoluci\u00f3n de la fuerza laboral de la sociedad puede ser beneficiosa para empleadores y profesionales que buscan condiciones m\u00e1s flexibles, crea un poco de confusi\u00f3n. Esta distinci\u00f3n tambi\u00e9n deja la puerta abierta para que los empleadores se aprovechen de los empleados confiados o desconocidos.<\/p>\n<p>Comprender las complejas diferencias legales entre un contratista independiente y un empleado requiere la asistencia de abogados expertos en empleo.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQU\u00c9 HACE A ALGUIEN UN EMPLEADO?<\/h2>\n<p>En el pasado, estaba bastante claro lo que defin\u00eda a un empleado, y algunas de esas condiciones siguen vigentes hoy en d\u00eda. Por ejemplo, un empleado generalmente trabaja un horario fijo, preciso y pre establecido por el empleador.<\/p>\n<p>Adem\u00e1s, un empleado puede calificar para recibir beneficios de compensaci\u00f3n. Pueden inscribirse en el seguro de salud de la empresa y en los beneficios por discapacidad. Mientras que los contratistas independientes generalmente proporcionan facturas por sus servicios, los empleados reciben cheques de pago detallados que enumeran las deducciones regulares que un empleador debe retener, como impuestos sobre la renta, contribuciones a la seguridad social e impuestos de Medicare.<\/p>\n<p>Hay ciertos factores distintivos en relaci\u00f3n con el trabajo que est\u00e1 realizando un empleado o un contratista independiente. Por ejemplo, un empleado ser\u00e1 capacitado para realizar el trabajo de una manera especificada por el empleador. El trabajo se realizar\u00e1 en momentos espec\u00edficos y en \u00e1reas de trabajo designadas, que casi siempre son asignadas por el empleador. El empleador tambi\u00e9n suele proporcionar a los empleados formaci\u00f3n especializada para llevar a cabo sus funciones de empleo. Por el contrario, los contratistas independientes generalmente ya poseen ese conocimiento especializado y no requieren capacitaci\u00f3n por parte del empleador.<\/p>\n<p>Un empleado directo generalmente se considera un miembro \u00aba voluntad\u00bb del personal, lo que significa que el empleador o el empleado pueden terminar la relaci\u00f3n laboral en cualquier momento. Un contratista independiente no tiene derecho ni puede recibir dichos beneficios.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00bfQU\u00c9 SIGNIFICA SER UN CONTRATISTA INDEPENDIENTE?<\/h2>\n<p>Normalmente, un contratista independiente opera en condiciones diferentes a las de un empleado. En t\u00e9rminos de realizar el trabajo, el individuo puede proporcionar servicios profesionales a m\u00faltiples clientes al mismo tiempo, y ninguno de esos clientes debe esperar exclusividad. El trabajo a realizar se realiza generalmente a discreci\u00f3n del contratista independiente. El contratista puede acordar suministrar el trabajo dentro de un plazo, pero, de lo contrario, el contratista generalmente puede realizar el trabajo cuando as\u00ed lo desee.<\/p>\n<p>Se espera que un contratista independiente ya posea la experiencia para realizar las tareas para las que se le est\u00e1 \u201ccontratando\u201d. La persona no recibir\u00e1 capacitaci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica del cliente \/ empleador y se le dejar\u00e1 que realice el trabajo a su manera. Como profesional, se espera que el contratista independiente sepa c\u00f3mo proporcionar los servicios para los cuales est\u00e1 siendo contratado.<\/p>\n<p>Como contratista independiente, el profesional a menudo paga los costos de proporcionar los servicios con las ganancias obtenidas por su negocio. En general, no se espera que el cliente \/ empleador pague m\u00e1s por los costos operativos y no se espera que proporcione beneficios adicionales. El contratista independiente es responsable de obtener su propio seguro de salud y de ahorrar dinero en cada trabajo para cubrir los impuestos sobre la renta. De manera similar, los contratistas independientes no pueden presentar reclamos por desempleo o compensaci\u00f3n del trabajador ya que esos beneficios solo se aplican a los empleados.<\/p>\n<p>Finalmente, un contratista independiente no recibir\u00e1 pago por horas extra o compensaci\u00f3n adicional de sus clientes. Los contratistas independientes suelen proporcionar al cliente \/ empleador una factura por sus servicios. Esto sigue siendo cierto, independientemente del tiempo que demore la persona en completar el trabajo. Esto identifica la relaci\u00f3n comercial y puede ser un signo revelador de que el trabajador no se considera un empleado de una empresa \/ empleador espec\u00edfico.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien esto hace que sea m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil identificar las diferencias entre un empleado y un contratista independiente, a\u00fan puede tener preguntas y confusi\u00f3n sobre la descripci\u00f3n de su trabajo. Esta es un \u00e1rea compleja de la ley y s\u00f3lo un abogado con experiencia en empleo de Los \u00c1ngeles puede explicar c\u00f3mo las leyes afectan su situaci\u00f3n espec\u00edfica. Nuestro equipo experimentado lo ayudar\u00e1 y lo guiar\u00e1 en cada etapa de su caso<\/p>\n<p>P\u00f3ngase en contacto con nosotros hoy para una consulta gratuita. Manejamos nuestros casos con una tarifa de contingencia, lo que significa que usted solo nos paga si obtenemos una compensaci\u00f3n para usted. Puede comunicarse con nuestro equipo legal las 24 horas del d\u00eda llamando al (888) 888-9285 o enviando un correo electr\u00f3nico a info@wctldevnew.wpengine.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9126,"parent":9823,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6890","practices","type-practices","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Contratista Independiente Vs. 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