How to Use independent contractor in a Sentence

independent contractor

noun
  • Chesebro reached out to him last year on LinkedIn to ask if the firm had any work for him, Napoli said, and Chesebro was brought on as an independent contractor.
    Isaac Stanley-Becker, Washington Post, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The state Supreme Court decision placed stricter guidelines on who can work as an independent contractor.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The Consultant will be an independent contractor with respect to the services to be rendered to the Company hereunder.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Travel, study, or working as an independent contractor may factor into the equation.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Mar. 2023
  • That includes income earned as an employee or as an independent contractor.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Like all Red Cross lifeguard instructors, Cervantes was an independent contractor.
    Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
  • For example, the U.S. Department of Labor’s most recent independent contractor rule lists six factors that can determine whether someone is a contractor or an employee.
    Pavel Shynkarenko, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Andrea Cardenas has represented herself in public documents as both an employee of Grassroots Resources and as an independent contractor for the firm.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2023
  • State Farm® independent contractor agents licensed and authorized in California will continue to serve existing customers for these products and new customers for products not impacted by this decision.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 May 2023
  • Worker skill and initiative: An independent contractor may use specialized skills to exercise business-like initiative.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Industry groups have fiercely opposed her, especially her position about who qualifies as an independent contractor.
    Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Carefully assess your workforce's flexibility—whether that means implementing a global recruitment strategy or reconsidering whether a role can be filled by an independent contractor rather than a full-time employee.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The Department of Industrial Relations provides answers to frequently asked questions about classifying a worker as an independent contractor.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Cassidy said that during her tenure as California’s labor chief, Su supported a regulatory proposal known as AB5, which was aimed at tightening restrictions on who employers could classify as an independent contractor.
    Elizabeth Elkind, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023

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