Find out what you can do to put the issue of classification to rest once and for all. An employee generally relies on a business's instructions about when, where and how to work. An employee receives specific training, while independent contractors use their own methods. Independent contractors are more likely to have unreimbursed expenses. An independent contractor often has a significant investment in the facilities used in performing services for someone else.
Employees receive payments at designated times.
An independent contractor is usually paid by the job. An independent contractor can make a profit or take a loss. Training a worker occurs by requiring an experienced employee to work with the worker, by corresponding with the worker, by requiring the worker to attend meetings or by using other methods. Evidence of direction and control is confirmed by how much the continuation of a business depends upon the performance of certain services. Requiring that the services be rendered personally indicates that the person for whom the services are performed is interested in the methods used to accomplish the work, as well as in the results.