[tptacek]

Huh? Staff augmentation contracts are super common. They're definitely not illegal. And the risk in employment classification mistakes is to the employer, not the contractor.

[klardotsh]

The "you're done" might be an EU thing: I know Europe has all sorts of wild laws around contractor/employee differentiation.

In the US, though, yes, the risk is on whoever the IRS feels is the "employer" in the situation (hint: it's not the contractor).