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- Executive Order 13467—reforming processes related to suitability for government employment, fitness for contractor employees, and eligibility for access to classified national security information
- June 30, 2008 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to ensure an efficient, practical, reciprocal, and aligned system for investigating and determining suitability for Government employment, contractor employee fitness, and eligibility for...
- Research articles 2008-07-07
- Government has poor count of contractors on battlefield
- The government's inability to count contractors on the battlefield risks the security of U.S. troops, the Wartime Contracting Commission said Monday. Without knowing who and how many contractors are on the battlefield, the government runs the risk that contractors hire foreign nationals without proper background checks. "It only takes one...
- News items 2009-11-05
- Deciding Whether to Become a Contract Employee
- "Contract employee" is another way of describing "work portfolio," a term coined by Irish author and philosopher Charles Handy in his 1989 book The Age of Unreason. Envisioning a new work structure, Handy contended that many professionals were increasingly likely to have not one career with one or two organizations...
- Articles 2007-08-23
- Employee or independent contractor?
- For a contractor making his or her way in today's business world, the decision of whether to bring a new worker on as an employee or independent contractor is one that shouldn't be taken lightly. The wrong choice now can provide potentially serious problems for...
- Research articles 2000-04-17
- Bill aims to clarify independent contractor status.(proposed Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act)
- Rep Jon Christensen has proposed the Independent Contractor Tax Simplification Act of 1995 (H.R. 1972). The bill proposes an alternative to the Internal Revenue Service's 20 factors to determine whether a worker is an employee or a contractor. The bill ofRep Jon Christensen has proposed the Independent Contractor Tax Simplification...
- Research articles 1995-08-07
- Working as an Independent Contractor FAQ
- What's Below: What is an independent contractor? What are the benefits and drawbacks of being self-employed? Should I use written agreements when I do contract work for clients? Who decides whether I'm an employee or an independent contractor, and what happens if the IRS or another...
- Research articles 2004-09-15
- Independent contractor or Employee: How the process works today
- In Brief Gains for the Taxpayer The employee/independent contractor distinction is one of the most important issues facing American businesses. Businesses often favor the independent contractor classification because it allows them flexibility in hiring, even though at a higher cost than an employee, The IRS often...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- Employee or independent contractor? Determining how to classify a worker
- Question: How should I determine whether to classify a worker as an employee or an in dependant contracter? Answer: Classifying an individual as an independent contractor or an employee can be a difficult decision to make with severe consequences. The easiest way...
- Research articles 2004-10-01
- Companies tasked with checking employees' conflicts of interest
- Contractors would be responsible for screening possible employee conflicts of interest and report violations to the department's contracting officer, the proposal states. The Obama administration plans to give companies the duty of checking up on personal conflicts of interest of their employees who work in federal acquisition shops, according to a...
- News items 2009-11-16
- California ruling holds landowner liable for exposing contractor to asbestos.(cases of occupational safety)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Roberto Ceniceros SAN FRANCISCO-A landowner may be liable for injuries to an independent contractor's employee in cases involving latent or concealed pre-existing hazardous conditions on the owner's property, California's Supreme Court rul Byline: Roberto Ceniceros SAN FRANCISCO-A landowner may...
- Research articles 2005-12-26
- Legal Briefs: Independent contractor's injuries not covered.(Perspectives)
- A full-time worker who was hurt as an independent contractor for another company was not entitled to medical expense coverage under his employer's Employee Retirement Income Security Act health plan, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Mi A full-time worker who...
- Research articles 2003-06-02
- IRS Reaffirms Decision That Ex-Wisconsin FedEx Ground Driver Was Not an Independent Contractor
- WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Internal Revenue Service has reaffirmed its earlier decision that a FedEx Ground driver is an employee of the company and not an independent contractor, as FedEx claimed. As a result, the driver should have not WASHINGTON, July 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The...
- Research articles 2006-07-20
- IRS suspending independent contractor audits.
- IRS is suspending employee-independent contractor audits for now. IRS is suspending employee-independent contractor audits for now.
- Research articles 1996-03-08
- IRS resumes independent contractor audits.
- The IRS has resumed employee-independent contractor audits... had been suspended while agents were trained on new settlement procedures. The IRS has resumed employee-independent contractor audits... had been suspended while agents were trained on new settlement procedures.
- Research articles 1996-05-31
- SBA has joined contractor groups in urging Congress to repeal a law.(Washington Insider)
- SBA has joined contractor groups in urging Congress to repeal a law that prohibits the Defense Department from awarding outsourcing contracts to companies unless their employee health plans are equal to those available to federal employees. SBA has joined contractor groups in urging Congress...
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Independent Contractor or Employee: How Government Agencies Make the Call
- A number of laws govern whether a worker is an independent contractor IC or an employee, and each of these laws has a different way of looking at the issue. For example, the IRS has one method of determining whether a person is an independent contractor, but your state workers'...
- Research articles 2006-11-30
- Independent contractor safe harbors: not so safe
- Traditionally, employee versus independent contractor determinations have been decided based on 20 common law factors. These 20 common law factors are well established and recognized.(1) The importance of these determinations have focused on the taxes imposed by the Federal Insurance Contributions Act FICA, the Self Employment Contributions Act SECA and...
- Research articles 1993-07-01
- Are you an independent contractor? Are your employees?
- YOU WANT TO GO INTO BUSINESS FOR YOURSELF or, maybe you've already done that, and now you want to expand. How do you figure out when you or someone working with you is an employee of independent contractor? Why should I care? Before we talk about how you...
- Research articles 2003-06-22
- Contractor or in-house? Decisions, decisions
- Ever wonder whether a new hire should be an employee or independent contractor? Here are the basic differences between the two and the guidelines to help determine worker status. The two most common types of workers are independent contractors and common-law employees. Hiring an independent contractor often means...
- Research articles 2008-06-01
- Sample Independent Contractor Agreement
- This model independent contractor agreement is designed to help you draft a custom agreement that reflects your needs and situation. It includes all the essential elements of an independent contractor agreement, including a clear specification of the independent contractor relationship. If your worker is classified as an "Employee," rather than...
- Tools & templates 2004-03-01
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