Where a vendor's director is retained under a services agreement during an earn out period following a sale of business, the commercial context and purpose of the arrangement — including the interdependence of the acquisition and services agreements, the payment structure, and the earn out mechanism — are relevant to and may be determinative of whether the relationship is one of employment or independent contracting under the Personnel Contracting framework.
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