Employees or sub-contractors?
Staff can be employed on a full-time basis. They will receive all the benefits of being on permanent employment, eg sick leave, superannuation, holiday pay etc. It is important to remember that if staff are employed on a full-time basis, the company will have control over them on an hour-by-hour basis.
The majority of personnel employed in domestic construction are sub-contractors. They are engaged to carry out a particular piece of work within a given time and therefore the main contractor does not have hourly control over them. It is up to sub-contractors to get the job done in the time specified.