Congratulations! Stepping out on your own is a big deal and I want you to celebrate … and protect yourself. When you agree to work for another person or company as a freelancer, you're acting as an ...

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 ...

As courts continue to be critical of noncompete agreements, employers must remain informed and proactive to make sure their agreements can withstand judicial scrutiny. Around this time last year, we ...

Business owners know that owning too many responsibilities can be not only exhausting -- but at times paralyzing. We all need to play to our core competencies to ensure success, and at times that ...

Written independent contractor agreements provide you with legal protection. For most types of projects you might hire an independent contractor to do, the law does not require you to put anything in ...

(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) A reader asks: My company wants to use an engineer as an independent contractor.

Is Your Entity in Compliance? Financial relationships with an independent contractor in a position to make or influence referrals of federal healthcare program business can implicate the federal ...

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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 ...