How Would You Explain to a New Client the Difference Between an Employee vs. Independent Contractor?
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Here is the IRS link:
https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-se...
The FIRST question to ask is: Who sets the worker's hours? If that is the person paying them, then they are an employee, and all the other questions are irrelevant.
As a few other people mentioned, signing a paper saying they are an independent contractor does not make them one.