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I dont know of any laws making working with contractors hard, so long as you are not apparently using them to avoid tax. Maternity and paternity are not usually a problem, obviously if your company is small anything can be a problem.

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In France it is illegal to use contractors where their condition of work are the same as employees. Specific cases are decided by the court, but basically the status of contractor can't be used to go around labour laws.

in Germany you have to be careful that you don't use a specific contractor too much or he will be designated as an employee.

source: I spoke to a German Tax accountant that specializes in startup consultation

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