independant contractor vs. employee

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by ajjl22

The school secretary emails him and tells him that his check for the game would be added to his school paycheck. He is not happy about this and sends an email back saying he is an independent contractor for the game and should be paid by a separate check. The secretary sends an email back saying since he was an employee, the new district policy is that he has to be paid through the payroll department.

The aforementioned makes no sense. Officials just like CPA's should be INDEPENDENT. if you are an employee of said school then it stands to reason you CANNOT work games for that school.

In our association if you are affiliated in any way with a given school you will not be assigned to officiate any games involving that school. By affiliation I mean you have relatives that work for the school or you work in another capacity at that school. A prime example is a school teacher. That school teacher who is also an official will not be assigned any games where he/she teaches.

In a nutshell I would not talk to the school secretary but directly to the AD. Also, IMO, the AD would want to know what kind of info is coming "from his /her shop" that could land him/her in "hot water"

Pete Booth

[Rich]

[QUOTE=PeteBooth;640603]

The aforementioned makes no sense. Officials just like CPA's should be INDEPENDENT. if you are an employee of said school then it stands to reason you CANNOT work games for that school.

In our association if you are affiliated in any way with a given school you will not be assigned to officiate any games involving that school. By affiliation I mean you have relatives that work for the school or you work in another capacity at that school. A prime example is a school teacher. That school teacher who is also an official will not be assigned any games where he/she teaches.

In a nutshell I would not talk to the school secretary but directly to the AD. Also, IMO, the AD would want to know what kind of info is coming "from his /her shop" that could land him/her in "hot water"

Pete Booth

Why do you assume that all areas run like yours? We get assignments straight from the schools and the districts *do not care* for subvarsity assignments -- they are happy to hire teachers, parents of players, etc. Nobody puts the JV standings or even the boxscores in the papers. Nobody cares who the umpires or officials are.

I worked a varsity girls basketball game last week and one of the officials in the JV game had a daughter who played most of the JV game. Good official, normally works varsity, but this gave him a chance to work and also see his daughter play. Nobody really cares.