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Who works for you? A short check for the person paying
Seven questions about someone you pay to work for you: a cleaner, a gardener, an assistant. At the end you get a next step.
You won’t get a verdict on their status, because a checklist can’t settle that. The questions are adapted from the Labour Inspectorate’s campaign on false self-employment, which asks them of workers.
Last verified: 21 September 2026.
What the result is, and what it is not
It is a next step, chosen from your own answers. It can’t tell you what the working relationship is, and nothing here clears it. We are not lawyers, and this is not legal advice.
We don’t store your answers. We count which result people reach, and nothing that identifies you.
The rules behind the check carry a re-check date. When it passes, the results pause rather than quietly ageing.
Related guides
- RD 723/2026 in Spain: The Written Terms Every Employer Owes Staff from 5 October
- Hiring and Keeping Household Staff on the Costa del Sol
General information, not legal advice, current as of 21 September 2026. Primary sources: Estatuto de los Trabajadores arts. 1 and 8, Ley 20/2007 art. 1, Real Decreto 1620/2011 arts. 1, 2 and 5, Real Decreto 84/1996 arts. 10 and 32, Ley General de la Seguridad Social arts. 138 and 144, Real Decreto 723/2026, and the Labour Inspectorate’s campaign page on false self-employment.
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