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1. Full Text Independent contractors
: prevalence and implications for unemployment insurance programs
and United States. Employment and Training AdministrationPlanmatics, Inc
2000
United States | Independent contractors | Unemployment insurance
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2. The worker's status
: employee or independent contractor
by Weisman, Justice Norris, author
2015, ISBN 9780433479239, xxvi, 205 pages
Labor laws and legislation | Labor contract
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3. Full Text Do freelance independent contractors promote entrepreneurship?
by Burke, Andrew and Zawwar, Imran and Hussels, Stephanie
Small Business Economics, ISSN 0921-898X, 09/2019, pp. 1 - 13
We investigate whether or not the level of entrepreneurial activity in an economy is determined by the availability of freelance independent contractors in the... 
Workforce | Independent contractors | Entrepreneurs | Entrepreneurship
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4. Full Text The misclassification of workers as independent contractors
: what policies and practices best protect workers? : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, July 24, 2007
and United States. Congress.House.Committee on Education and Labor.Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and PensionsUnited States. Congress.House.Committee on Education and Labor.Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
2008, ISBN 9780160804595
United States. Department of Labor Rules and practice | United States | Classification | Employees | Taxation | Wages | Independent contractors
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5. Full Text The effects of misclassifying workers as independent contractors
: joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support and the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, May 8, 2007
and United States. Congress.House.Committee on Ways and Means.Subcommittee on Income Security and Family SupportUnited States. Congress.House.Committee on Ways and Means.Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
2008, ISBN 9780160816840
Employees | Employee fringe benefits | Taxation | United States | Independent contractors | Classification
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6. Full Text Providing fairness to workers who have been misclassified as independent contractors
: hearing before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, hearing held in Washington, DC, March 27, 2007
United States. Congress.House.Committee on Education and Labor.Subcommittee on Workforce Protections
2007, ISBN 9780160794742
Occupations | Classification | Corrupt practices | Employees | Taxation | Independent contractors | Workers' compensation | Business enterprises
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7. Full Text Logging contractors' growth in the southern cone: An analysis of contractor business strategies, innovation, and mechanization
by Donagh, Patricio Mac and Velazco, Santiago José Elías and Botta, Guido F and Schlichter, Tomas and Cubbage, Frederick
Forests, ISSN 1999-4907, 01/2019, Volume 10, Issue 1, p. 69
Forest plantations have increased in South America for several decades. Harvesting is performed mainly through contractor companies. Our hypothesis is that... 
South America | Innovation | Entrepreneur | Forest production;mechanization | Competitiveness | innovation | MANAGEMENT | COSTS | competitiveness | mechanization | FORESTRY | forest production | EFFICIENCY | entrepreneur | Logging | Contract negotiations | Costs | Financial analysis | Supply chains | Harvesting | Plantations | Timber | Contractors | Entrepreneurs | Cellulose | Innovations | Raw materials | Harvest | Contraction | Surveys | Forest products | Forestry | Mechanization | Working conditions | Independent contractors
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8. Full Text VICARIOUS LIABILITY for INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
by Silink, Allison and Ryan, Desmond
Cambridge Law Journal, ISSN 0008-1973, 2018, Volume 77, Issue 3, pp. 458 - 461
In a quartet of cases (Catholic Child Welfare Society v Various Claimants [2012] UKSC 56, [2003] 2 A.C. 1 (noted J. Bell [2013] C.L.J. 17)); Cox v Ministry of... 
LAW | Respondeat superior | Laws, regulations and rules | Independent contractors | Professional liability | Trials | Employment | Torts | Common law | Supreme Court decisions | Duty of care
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9. Freelancing expertise
: contract professionals in the new economy
by Osnowitz, Debra
2010, 1, Collection on technology and work, ISBN 9780801449369, x, 260
Contract work is more important than ever-for better or for worse, depending on one's perspective. The security once implied by a full-time job with a stable... 
Self-employed | Independent contractors | Temporary employment | Consultants | Professional employees | United States | Business
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10. Full Text Managing work–life boundaries with information and communication technologies: the case of independent contractors
by Sayah, Shiva
New Technology, Work and Employment, ISSN 0268-1072, 11/2013, Volume 28, Issue 3, pp. 179 - 196
In the light of the increasing use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), it is important to gain a better understanding of their influence on... 
independent contractors | information and communication technologies | qualitative study | boundary work | work–life boundary | Information and communication technologies | Work-life boundary | Boundary work | Qualitative study | Independent contractors | work-life boundary | CONFLICT | MANAGEMENT | FLEXIBILITY | TIME | BORDERS | ERGONOMICS | TELEWORK | BALANCE | FAMILY | EXPERIENCE | HOME | Permeability | Work life balance | Information technology
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11. Full Text GIVE CONTRACTORS THE HATCH, NOT THE AXE: EXTENDING POLITICAL ACTIVITY SPEECH RIGHTS TO PERSONAL SERVICE CONTRACTORS UNDER THE HATCH ACT
by Schwartzman, Alexandra
Public Contract Law Journal, ISSN 0033-3441, 09/2018, Volume 48, Issue 1, pp. 189 - 210
[...]Part V argues that Congress should amend the Hatch Act language to cover personal service contractors in both the protections and prohibitions regarding... 
Political activity | Public contracts | Laws, regulations and rules | Independent contractors | Freedom of speech | Social networks | Government agencies | Politics | Employment
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12. Full Text Independent Contractors in Public Mental Health Clinics: Implications for Use of Evidence-Based Practices
by Beidas, Rinad S and Stewart, Rebecca E and Benjamin Wolk, Courtney and Adams, Danielle R and Marcus, Steven C and Evans, Arthur C and Jackson, Kamilah and Neimark, Geoffrey and Hurford, Matthew O and Erney, Joan and Rubin, Ronnie and Hadley, Trevor R and Barg, Frances K and Mandell, David S
Psychiatric Services, ISSN 1075-2730, 07/2016, Volume 67, Issue 7, pp. 710 - 717
Objectives:Community mental health clinics are increasingly utilizing independent contractors to provide clinical services. At the same time, many... 
SOCIAL-CONTEXT OSC | SERVICES | PSYCHIATRY | IMPLEMENTATION | AGREEMENT | WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT | CHILD-WELFARE SYSTEMS | BEHAVIORAL HEALTH | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | CONSULTATION | CONSENSUAL QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | CLIMATE | Attitude of Health Personnel | Public-Private Sector Partnerships - statistics & numerical data | Humans | Evidence-Based Practice - statistics & numerical data | Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice | Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data | Community Mental Health Services - statistics & numerical data | Philadelphia
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13. Micro-entrepreneurs, Dependent Contractors, and Instaserfs: Understanding Online Labor Platform Workforces
by Kristine M Kuhn and Amir Maleki
The Academy of Management Perspectives, ISSN 1558-9080, 08/2017, Volume 31, Issue 3, p. 183
The rapidly growing number of people who find work via online labor platforms are not employees, nor do they necessarily fit traditional conceptualizations of... 
Studies | Economic theory | Entrepreneurs | Independent contractors | Human resource management | Employee attitude
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14. Full Text Dichotomy or trichotomy?: Defining employees and independent contractors in an evolving market
by Kikiros, Stephen
University of Western Australia Law Review, ISSN 0042-0328, 06/2019, Volume 45, Issue 1, pp. 158 - 182
This paper analyses the distinction between an 'employee' and 'independent contractor' and its application to companies in the 'gig economy'. This question is... 
Law and legislation | Contractors | FAIR WORK COMMISSION | INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS | Employees | VICARIOUS LIABILITY | EMPLOYMENT LAW | AGENCY | SHARING ECONOMY | Comparative law | Employment | Respondeat superior | Employment (Economic theory) | Legal status, laws, etc | Jurisdiction (International law) | Worker classification | Laws, regulations and rules | Human resource management | Independent contractors | Sharing economy
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15. Full Text Wrestling With Employment Classifications: Are WWE Wrestlers Independent Contractors?
by Conklin, Michael and Goebel, Julia
Labor Law Journal, ISSN 0023-6586, 09/2019, Volume 70, Issue 3, pp. 165 - 170
[...]the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), and the Age Discrimination... 
Self employment | Sports injuries | Labor law | Classification | Employees | Creative writing | Independent contractors | Professional basketball | Wrestling | Antitrust
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16. Full Text Out of the Shadows
: The Health and Well-Being of Private Contractors Working in Conflict Environments
by Molly Dunigan and Carrie M. Farmer and Rachel M. Burns and Alison Hawks and Claude Messan Setodji and Books24x7, Inc and RAND Corporation
12/2013, ISBN 9780833082336, 141
Private contractors have been deployed extensively around the globe for the past decade and may be exposed to many of the stressors that are known to have... 
History | Psychology | Health Sciences | Government contractors - Medical care - United States | Psychological aspects | Government contractors | Mental health | Medical care | War | Health and hygiene | Medical aspects | Independent contractors
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17. Full Text INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS: A Practical Guide for Safety Professionals
by Pamela Williams and Lariza Hebert
Professional Safety, ISSN 0099-0027, 07/2019, Volume 64, Issue 7, pp. 17 - 17
[...]over the past few years employers have been grappling with the issue of whether persons designated as independent contractors will be treated as such to... 
Schedules | Industrial safety | Compliance | Contractors | Occupational safety | Labor law | Employers | Employment | Accident prevention | Business law | Occupational health | Safety | Independent contractors | Qualifications
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18. Full Text Class, Cotton, and 'Woddaries': A Scandinavian railway contractor in Western India, 1860-69
by Bubb, Alexander
Modern Asian Studies, ISSN 0026-749X, 09/2017, Volume 51, Issue 5, pp. 1369 - 1393
AbstractThis article makes use of a recently unearthed archive in Sweden, complemented by research in the India Office Records and Maharashtra State Archives,... 
Diaries | Networks | Construction | Merchants | Social classes | Mutiny | Contractors | Cultural groups | Strikes | Annual reports | Training | Prices | Specialists | Archives & records | Modernity | Profiteering | Asian history | Loyalty | Reclamation of land | Independent contractors | Presidents
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19. P'ŭrilaensŏ ŭi nodong kwa wihŏm
: p'ŭrilaensŏ sahoe anjŏnmang kuch'uk ŭl wihan chŏngch'aek kwaje
by Yi, Sŭng-nyŏl and Kim, Sam-su, author and Hwang, Chun-uk, author
2013, ISBN 8973569716, xxiii, 303
Self-employed | Independent contractors | Government policy
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20. Full Text Psychological Contract Development, Distributive Justice, and Performance of Independent Contractors
: The Role of Negotiation Behaviors and the Fulfillment of Resources
by Lemmon, Grace and Wilson, Morgan S and Posig, Margaret and Glibkowski, Brian C
Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, ISSN 1548-0518, 11/2016, Volume 23, Issue 4, pp. 424 - 439
In today’s “gig economy,” more and more jobs are offered to independent contractors. Independent contractors have a highly defined, narrow, finite set of... 
social exchange | psychological contracts | resources | MANAGEMENT | OBLIGATIONS | VALIDATION | PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT | SOCIAL-EXCHANGE | TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP | EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS | CONSEQUENCES | ALTERNATIVES | ANTECEDENTS | PERCEPTIONS | Psychological aspects | Economic growth | Independent contractors | Analysis | Social exchange
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