Consultant & Independent Contractor Agreements - 12th Edition by Stephen Fishman (Paperback)

About the Book

Independent contractors can freelance with confidence and businesses can outsource without fear. This book explains how to establish an independent contractor relationship and provides easy-to-use sample contracts to document the relationship and avoid disputes.

Book Synopsis

With the rise of the gig economy, independent contractor arrangements are more common than ever. Whether you're an independent contractor or a business hiring one to work for you, a written agreement will help to protect your rights, define expectations, and prove that there's no employer-employee relationship.

Included are customizable agreements for independent contractors and freelancers in a multitude of fields, such as sales, accounting, software consulting, and construction. Along with the agreements, you'll find detailed instructions on how to:

• define the scope and duration of the work to be performed


• protect trade secrets, trademarks, patents, and copyrights


• satisfy IRS and other government agency requirements


• establish pay and other compensation, and


• avoid disputes.

Each chapter has two agreements--one geared towards the independent contractor and one geared towards the business hiring an independent contractor.

This edition is completely updated to provide the latest rules and regulations, and gives advice on how to address independent contractors' potential use of artificial intelligence.

Review Quotes

"Worth the price for the information and forms that either directly affect creative consultants or can be adapted for editorial services." Freelance Writer's Report

"Illuminates some of the most important elements of this growing way to work..." Boston Globe