People know and understand independent contractors to be service providers who parachute in to provide a service, and leave when the job is done. The effect of this understanding manifests itself in many common independent contractor hirings…read more

Perhaps the single-most greatest indicator of a business’s ability to pass an independent contractor audit by Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), Employment Security Department (ESD), or the IRS, is the business’s record-keeping practices.

Businesses with poor or inadequate record-keeping will invariably have serious compliance deficiencies under applicable law... read more

While we don’t know the reason that a campaign built on championing workers’ rights would make this embarrassing error, the campaign’s manager is alleged to have stated that the contractor classification is a “common practice” and an “overwhelming practice” in political campaigns, thus suggesting the campaign made common mistake of classifying workers as independent contractors because of industry practice...read more 

The Building Industry Association of Washington (BIAW) requested permission to re-publish one of our IC Law blog posts in its Building Insight magazine. See which article it is here at page 13. The article addresses the compliance nightmare and pitfalls for businesses as they seek to comply with multiple state and federal agencies and their varying independent contractor requirements. It’s a compliance post that deserves to be shared.  Thanks for sharing, BIAW!