Angela has an annual contract with Stenbach Service Centre to provide property maintenance services; this includes lawn care, snow removal and parking lot maintenance. Angela spends, on average, 20 hours per week working at the company's premises and is paid a flat amount monthly. She hires part-time workers, when necessary, to assist her. Angela does not have any other clients. Angela uses her own small tools; however, the company supplies and maintains a riding lawn mower and a snow plow for her use. Her contact at the company is Chris Moore, the Facilities Manager, who meets with her every Monday to discuss the work to be done that week. Chris approves Angela's monthly invoices and submits them to Accounts Payable. Does Angela have a contract of service or a contract for service with Stenbach Service Centre As the company's Payroll Supervisor, explain to Chris the process and factors you used to make your decision. VICE Dear Chris, When hiring new workers, employers often use employment contracts to set out the terms of the employment relationship. The contract may outline the entitlements, obligations and restrictions of both parties. Employees may view the contract as a safeguard to their rights and expectations, but contracts most often result in restricting the employee's rights and limiting the employer's obligations in a number of essential areas. Understanding the implications of a properly drafted employment contract helps employees and employers to clarify and set the parameters of their working relationship. A contract of service is a relationship between an employee and the employer where the employer hires the employee and the employee agrees his employer as an employee for the purpose of minimum wages. The employee must work for a minimum of 8 hours per day and does not have any right to hire any other people to do his job. The employee is bound by the scope given to them by the employer. A contract for service is an agreement where a person is engaged as an independent contractor. He is not bound by any scope of the employer. In short, a contractor is bound to do duty assigned to him/her but the means of doing the work is not to be bothered by the client. Therefore, the