Are small businesses overusing independent contractor status? Absolutely. Small businesses owners or individuals, not necessarily owners, even folks that are working think that they can be an independent contractor just because they want to be an independent contractor. There are rules that are established by the IRS that determine whether someone’s an independent contractor.
It’s not up to the employer. It’s not up to the employee. When we say employer and employee, that’s a mutually exclusive term from independent contractor. An independent contractor has a contract with an organization to do a certain job.
