No instructions Contractors are not required to follow, nor are they furnished with instructions to accomplish a job. They can be provided job specifications by the hiring firm. No training Contractors typically do not receive training by the hiring firm. They use their own methods to accomplish the work. An example violating this would be a law firm which called their lawyers independent contractors.
Contractors set their own work hours.
The relationship can be frequent, but it must be at irregular intervals, on call or whenever work is available. Contractors shouldn't hire, supervise, or pay assistants at the direction of the hiring company. If assistants are hired, it should be at the contractor's sole discretion. Contractors control where they work. If they work on the premises of the hiring company, it is not under that company s direction or supervision.