Here is a thought, I wonder if there is any chance you could argue that you were in fact a casual employee and as such he should have been supervising you, rather than relying on your expertise... And that would also mean he should have had you on payroll etc..
Here is a thought, I wonder if there is any chance you could argue that you were in fact a casual employee and as such he should have been supervising you, rather than relying on your expertise... And that would also mean he should have had you on payroll etc..
I think its a very bad idea. There is no evidence of an employer/employee relationship here. No sane employer permits their employee(s) to organise their Google Adwords, or anything else relating to their business, via the employee's personal email account. No sane employee does so either.
The OP is not a business and there is no contract. The default position is that they are a casual employee.
I think its a very bad idea. There is no evidence of an employer/employee relationship here. No sane employer permits their employee(s) to organise their Google Adwords, or anything else relating to their business, via the employee's personal email account. No sane employee does so either. The OP is in an awkward situation here, which could be worsened considerably if they falsely claim at this late stage to have been an employee all along. Presumably the earnings were treated as being from self-employment on their tax return?
That isn't the case. If I get a plumber in to repair a leak, or an IT person in to resolve a network issue, they are most certainly not my employee by default - even if they are paid by the hour.
This wasn't a once-off engagement.
I don't really get what he is going to sue you for.
....there was a very large (about 10K) overspend on his AdWords account over the course of about 2-3 months, which was actioned through the gmail account I used to administer the AdWords.
How it happened I have no idea as I didn't adjust the limits, ....
The client was charged 10K for advertising, based on instructions issued from an account under the control of the OP and for which the OP is unable to account for...
Given the circumstances I would think the client's proposal is not unreasonable...
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