[WanderPanda]

I'm pretty sure this would be illegal for employees in Germany because of the "Scheinselbstständigkeit" (False self-employment?)

[codethief]

Does this also hold if your employer (i.e. your client) is outside Germany?

[tdullien]

Yes

[Aeolun]

I think the important thing there is that you are ‘actually’ independent? Obviously this isn’t the case if they make you deal with days off, forced working hours etc. But I can totally see someone just billing by the hour, paying their own taxes, as actually independent.