Legal Guide to Independent Contractor Status

Avoid costly penalties by knowing the facts! Now, with this Third Edition, you can determine independent contractor versus employee status. This comprehensive volume gives you contracts that satisfy current court review, along with checklists of critical issues to be resolved within each industry. You can learn the standards established for independent contractor status by the IRS, federal labor and employment laws, and state workers' compensation and unemployment compensation laws. Also addressed are the consequences of erroneous classification, including tax considerations, pension and benefit plans and tort liability.