Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Business owners know that owning too many responsibilities can be not only exhausting — but at times paralyzing. We all need to play to ...

The Independent Contractor Agreement is required when an independent contractor is providing goods or services valued at more than $50,000. Purchasing and Contract Services will sign the agreement on ...

Q. What is an independent contractor? A. An independent contractor is a self-employed businessperson who negotiates and signs a contract to provide agreed upon results. An independent contractor is ...

The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals gave more guidance to employers on the “economic reality test” used to distinguish ...

The Labor Department's new Independent Contractor Rule went into effect Monday, threatening gig workers' independent status and the freedom and flexibility such workers have come to expect. The new ...

We can learn quite a lot from a legal challenge faced by other business organizations in the same industry. In September, we noticed that a large health care system operating in seven states west of ...

Independent workers make up about 45% of the U.S. workforce, according to a 2023 report by MBO Partners, a platform dedicated to their needs. That's more than 72 million Americans altogether, with ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Whether a person working for you is your employee or an independent contractor has one very important legal consequence: liability. Say ...

“Some industry associations argue the rule could end up hurting legitimate businesses in the trades, including HVAC, where there are already too few workers to go around” - Maria Taylor The U.S.

The rules governing the classification of independent truckers are like the weather in the Great Plains: wait a bit, and they'll change. And it's that volatility that is causing some anxiety in the ...