PROBLEM TWO Iris Wong is a facilitator in a provincial accounting education program (PAEP). Her responsibilities include marking weekly assignments, providing weekly feedback to students, leading in-person weekend workshops, and monitoring an online discussion board. Iris used to do this as a side job while working as a staff accountant at an accounting firm. As she took on more and more work, it got to the point where she was earning more from facilitating than from her full-time job, so she resigned from her accounting position to focus on facilitating full time. Iris enters into separate contracts with PAEP for each project she takes on. The program has four semesters a year with content broken up into various online modules (e.g., assurance, tax, finance, etc.). Each module has one weekend in-person session every semester. Each contract contains a clause stating that Iris is an independent contractor and not an employee of PAEP. Facilitator contracts are competitive and future contracts are not guaranteed. Contracts are also contingent on student enrolment, evaluations, and other variables. For online work, module materials are provided to Iris including marking guides, training documents, and solutions all course work. The modules run online through PAEP's learning management system. While there is typically a 96-hour deadline to mark and return weekly feedback to candidates, Iris is free to set her own work schedule. Most of the work is done in her home office using her own computer and she is responsible for the associated costs involved. Projects have flat fees and Iris is not entitled to vacation pay or other benefits. During the in-person weekend sessions, PAEP rents conference space at local hotels or conference centres and provides Iris with a projector, WIFI access, chart paper, and markers. Sessions run in different locations all over the province simultaneously, SO PAEP strictly controls the content and materials that Iris covers in class in order to ensure uniformity in all the sessions across the province. Iris uses her own car to drive to the sessions and is required to bring her own laptop. Iris refers to herself as a "PAEP facilitator and educator" her resum and Linkedin page. Communication with candidates must be through PAEP's online learning management system's email function. Candidates see Iris' messages coming from an "@education.paep.ca" email address. Required: Analyze the facts and come to a supported conclusion on whether Iris is an independent contractor or an employee of PAEP. PROBLEM TWO Iris Wong is a facilitator in a provincial accounting education program (PAEP). Her responsibilities include marking weekly assignments, providing weekly feedback to students, leading in-person weekend workshops, and monitoring an online discussion board. Iris used to do this as a side job while working as a staff accountant at an accounting firm. As she took on more and more work, it got to the point where she was earning more from facilitating than from her full-time job, so she resigned from her accounting position to focus on facilitating full time. Iris enters into separate contracts with PAEP for each project she takes on. The program has four semesters a year with content broken up into various online modules (e.g., assurance, tax, finance, etc.). Each module has one weekend in-person session every semester. Each contract contains a clause stating that Iris is an independent contractor and not an employee of PAEP. Facilitator contracts are competitive and future contracts are not guaranteed. Contracts are also contingent on student enrolment, evaluations, and other variables. For online work, module materials are provided to Iris including marking guides, training documents, and solutions all course work. The modules run online through PAEP's learning management system. While there is typically a 96-hour deadline to mark and return weekly feedback to candidates, Iris is free to set her own work schedule. Most of the work is done in her home office using her own computer and she is responsible for the associated costs involved. Projects have flat fees and Iris is not entitled to vacation pay or other benefits. During the in-person weekend sessions, PAEP rents conference space at local hotels or conference centres and provides Iris with a projector, WIFI access, chart paper, and markers. Sessions run in different locations all over the province simultaneously, SO PAEP strictly controls the content and materials that Iris covers in class in order to ensure uniformity in all the sessions across the province. Iris uses her own car to drive to the sessions and is required to bring her own laptop. Iris refers to herself as a "PAEP facilitator and educator" her resum and Linkedin page. Communication with candidates must be through PAEP's online learning management system's email function. Candidates see Iris' messages coming from an "@education.paep.ca" email address. Required: Analyze the facts and come to a supported conclusion on whether Iris is an independent contractor or an employee of PAEP
