Confusing Employees and Independent Contractors: A Costly Risk

Employees and independent contractors are not the same, and the difference isn’t just that employees are on your payroll and independent contractors are not. It’s also not just that employees should sign employment agreements and independent contractors should sign independent contractor agreements. And it’s definitely not that you don’t have to provide medical benefits to […]

Employee or Independent Contractor? How to Stay Out of Expensive Trouble

If you hire independent contractors to work for your business, you need to make sure that they aren’t actually considered employees in the eyes of the IRS. As many large and small companies have discovered (most recently Google, Amazon, and Uber), misclassifying workers can be expensive. In fact, it could destroy your business entirely, which […]