Many small companies are trying to empower their employees and alleviate some of the hardships of over regulations, taxation and paper work. Often these small businesses will attempt to make their employees Independent Contractors. Where this might sound like a good idea it is also a very gray area of law and can get you into a real bind if not done correctly.

Even so for some types of businesses it does make a lot of sense. For instance those types of businesses, which are offsite where supervision is next to impossible and you need to make sure you get your monies worth. If you have workers who use their own vehicles it might even make more sense to attempt using Independent Contractors. It might be worth discussing this with one of the parasites of the Earth, an attorney. Like company middle managers, independent contractors are in charge of their crew and the image of the crew. To be considered an independent contractor by the Internal Revenue Service, there are 13 points, which you must satisfy. These thirteen points fall into three categories: Time; Mode; Manner

Telling an independent contractor how to dress, groom themselves or act can be misconstrued as