The Washington State Employment Security Department (ESD) has updated its systems to support unemployment benefits applications from independent contractors. Below is a brief overview…Read more

We’ve been getting a lot of calls from business owners asking about the proper response to their independent contractors filing for unemployment benefits. As…Read more

As you’re undoubtedly noticing, one of the significant and unfortunate economic consequences of COVID-19 is that employees are being laid off, and the amount…Read more

Independent contractor compliance doesn’t solely depend on what you, as a business owner, do to comply with independent contractor law. Indeed, you can have…Read more

Frequently I’ll have clients who have been through an audit with one government agency, and who, based on the outcome of that audit, will…Read more

Seattle this month enacted legislation to phase in a $15 minimum wage for employees over the next several years.  A summary of the legislation…Read more

Perhaps the single-most greatest indicator of a business’s ability to pass an independent contractor audit by Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), Employment Security…Read more

Working with independent contractors has its share of pitfalls – pitfalls that subject businesses to substantial financial and legal consequences.  Here, in no particular order…Read more

Businesses that hire independent contractors invariably seek to include noncompete provisions in their independent contractor agreements.  The noncompete has particular appeal in the independent…Read more

Independent contractors — also known as freelancers, consultants, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs — are fast becoming the faces of the new economy.  Studies by the Bureau…Read more