QUESTION 29 In which of the following situations is the individual is an independent contractor rather than an employee? Due to an employee going on paternity leave, Microsoft hires an engineer for short complex projects of specific durations where specialized knowledge and experience is needed. The engineer sets her own hours and determines the best way to get the job done. An accountant who is hired by a firm to handle their legal affairs or financial records, works in an office at the firm's place of business, attends meetings as needed, and the firm bills the clients and pays the accountant on a regular basis. An auto mechanic works in someone's shop and is supplied with necessary tools. He is paid a percentage of the work billed to the o C customer, where the owner of the shop sets the prices, hours, and days the shop is open, schedules the work, and collects from the customers. D. Dance instructors working in a health club where the club sets hours of work, the routines to be taught and pays the instructors from fees collected by the club A repairperson working in a shop where the owner sets the prices, the hours and days the shop is open, and the repairperson is paid a percentage of the work done. hs