Contract employees offer several benefits for employers, including flexibility (employers can easily scale up or down their workforce as contract employees are typically hired for specific projects or periods, making it easy to manage fluctuating business demands), cost-savings (contract employees are cost-effective for employers as they do not receive benefits that full-time employees receive), expertise (hiring a contract employee can bring in specialized expertise that may not exist in the full-time staff), and reduced risk (when employers hire contract employees, they are not responsible for any taxes, workers’ compensation claims, or employee benefits).