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Contract & Commercial Law vocabulary · Employment Contracts

Independent contractor

Meaning in contract & commercial law, with examples

nounCommon term

In contract & commercial law, independent contractor means: A person or business that provides services to a client under a contract for services, without being the client's employee.

In Turkish: bağımsız yüklenici, serbest çalışan

How it is used

Contractors decide how they do the work, send invoices and usually pay their own taxes and insurance. Courts look at the reality, not the label: if the relationship works like employment, the person may be treated as an employee. Also called a freelancer or consultant.

Example sentences

  1. She works for us as an independent contractor, not as an employee.

  2. The authorities treated the independent contractors as employees because they worked fixed hours under our supervision.

Common collocations

  • engage an independent contractor
  • independent contractor agreement
  • contract for services
  • contractor status
  • employment contractA contract between an employer and an employee that sets out the job, pay, working hours, holidays and the rules for ending the relationship.
  • dismissalThe ending of an employee's contract by the employer, whether for misconduct, poor performance, redundancy or another reason.
  • intellectual propertyLegal rights over creations of the mind, such as inventions, brands, designs, software and written works; the main types are patents, trademarks, copyright and designs.
  • non-solicitation clauseA clause that stops a party, for a limited time, from approaching the other party's employees or customers in order to take them away.

More terms: Employment Contracts

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