[illud_tempus]

> Under EU law that would potentially make you an employee rather then a contractor,

That is not going to happen. I'm a freelancer, and I am going to remain a freelancer. It that becomes too hard in EU, then bye bye EU :) I'm already an expat.

[cgio]

I believe GP refers to the fact that by receiving employee status under law, you also receive a set of entitlements in addition to whatever you have agreed to as a freelancer. This is not about you having to change your preferred way of working, but about the fact that by forcing you to give up that much control, they also assume responsibilities that they probably have not assessed and you could take advantage of.