1. Contractor is the one who is hired, that is, the individual or company that accepts and agrees to perform work for someone through a verbal or documented agreement (contract) defined on the basis of economic compensation for the time and type of service to perform.
Etymology: by latin contractorlinked to the verb counterherefrom ‘contract’, constituted from contract, by the Latin contractusand the suffix -ista, given in the Latin -istarooted in the Greek -ιστής (-istḗs), depending on the adjective with labor property.
Grammatical category: Adjective.
in syllables: contra-tis-ta.
Contractor
The term contractor is very common in the context of labor relations. When in a contract for the provision of services there are two protagonists: the contracting party and the contractor. The first is the one who takes the initiative to request a service external to his own activity. And the second is the one that provides said service after having received the corresponding order.
An agreement is reached between the contracting party and the contractor, which is embodied in a service provision contract.
Contract of service
The parties involved in these agreements establish general working conditions, for example, a schedule, a remuneration and a series of conditions (for example, a term in the execution of the work or a compliance policy).
The contract for the provision of services is a contract of a commercial nature, which means that it is not a labor contract. This means that, on the one hand, someone requests a service and, in parallel, another individual who provides the first with a certain service. Let’s see this general idea with a concrete example: a hairdresser finds herself in the circumstance that there is a water leak in her business and to solve this situation she requests the services of a plumber, who is the contractor. In this example, the corporate purpose of the hairdresser is to treat hair, but if a water leak occurs in this business, the hairdresser must resort to a third party, who is a professional who is not subordinated and is independent. A commercial activity contract is established between the hairdresser and the plumber.
Client, contractor and subcontractor
The contractor assumes the responsibility of carrying out an activity and for this, sometimes he has to resort to another professional unrelated to his activity, that is, a subcontractor. Outsourcing implies that an entity with a certain activity provides an external service, usually a specialized service. The main purpose of subcontracting is the reduction of production costs.
In conclusion, in this type of contractual relations there are three protagonists: the client, the contractor and sometimes the subcontractor. The client has a specific need and if he cannot solve it himself, he has to turn to another professional, the contractor, who in turn may need another professional, the subcontractor. For the client’s initial project to be satisfactory, it is necessary to clearly establish the functions of each of the entities and for this it is quite common for a mediator to intervene between the client and the contractor, known as the client’s representative.
Following