With respect to the number of clients per year, when I met with revenue department officials and I mentioned, for instance, that I could have two clients at the same time, in other words work two days at one client's and three days at another's, I was told that there were employees working two days at one employer and three days at another, and that they were considered employees.
I asked another question wondering what would happen if I were to work three months for one client and have a four-month contract with another, and then another contract for the rest of the year. I was told that there were people who would go from one employer to the next over the year, and that they were considered employees.
No matter what we do, we are always being told that we are employees.