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Your landscaper isn't a contractor, they're freelancers. The word contract is right in the title, so if you do have a contract with them and they still laugh at you and tell you they'll show up whenever they feel like, that's on you if you still pay them.They're both independent contractors, yet one group can't enjoy any of the benefits/rights that the other can. A bit counterintuitive, no?
Your kids aren't contractors either just because you pay them an allowance to do chores. Employees have set hours and regular schedules with regular salary or hourly pay, and full time employees means a certain number of weekly hours. Contractors are paid an agreed upon amount to do an agreed upon job under agreed upon conditions, and freelancers sell their work or services on an individual basis.