What is the difference?
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Variable Hour contracts treat you more like a regular employee than freelance work. You’ll be expected to work the hours you are scheduled/given, potentially access to sick pay or maternity leave, employee discounts, and so on.
Freelancers are in charge of everything on their end. A company isn’t obligated to give them any kind of perk or benefit or status, but you’re also free to work when and how you want, as long as you meet your end goals.
They’re similar on paper, but zero hour contracts have less individual freedom with the trade-off being more protection/perks from the company.
Freelance refers to an employment arrangement where you don’t work through an agency. Nobody is in charge of scheduling you, bringing you business, or negotiating on your behalf (unless you hire them yourself to do it). Contracts are usually on a job-by-job basis.
A variable hour contract means you’ll get paid for hours you work, but there’s no set number of hours you work in a billing period. These contracts tend to be time-based more commonly than project-based. Freelancers can do this, and they can also do fixed bid or time & materials contracts.
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