i often receive calls from business owners that go something like this: "i have this guy. he's an independent contractor.." upon hearing those words, the skeptical lawyer voice in my head screams: "stop!!!!" at the top of its lungs and then starts asking a million questions.
"is he really an independent contractor?" "do we have a written agreement with him?" "does he bring his own tools to work?" "how long has he worked for us?" "does he have his own business?" "what kind of work does he do?"
before the caller can proceed, i simply must know whether the individual we are talking about is actually an independent contractor. because if he's 