Employee or subcontractor?

[Tom Dunlap]

This topic has come up in relationship to arbo work. Here's another discussion about the same topic. There is good advice here.

http://www.woodweb.com/knowledge_base/Sub_or_Employee_The_Legal_Puzzle.html

 

[Nickrosis]

Of course the definitive source is the IRS:
http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=99921,00.html

I've referred to that article a lot, and I like how it's written. In a nutshell, it sums it up well here:

Who is an Independent Contractor?
A general rule is that you, the payer, have the right to control or direct only the result of the work done by an independent contractor, and not the means and methods of accomplishing the result.