Independent Contractor Compliance Blog

Many third party venders, who provide IC compliance services, use a one size fits all, automated questionnaire.  At lot of effort is put into making these online systems look pretty.  They attract the innocent because they seem so easy and efficient, but they have their pros and cons:

Pros:

• They are fast to take, typically requiring about five minutes to complete.
• They almost magically produce an opinion as to the IC status of your consultant. 
• They give the client confidence they have been protected from misclassification.

Cons:

• The results are created via some behind-the-scenes mystical formula, so it is difficult to trust the accuracy of the answer.
• Typically, the automated questionnaires are not personally reviewed by an expert.
• No supporting documents are required, which will make or break the accuracy of the decision should it ever be challenged.
• They don’t consider weighting for different professions and case law for specific industries.

In my opinion these automated questionnaires are attractive because of their fast easy answers, but they are inaccurate and dangerous to their clients.

If you rely on a system with automated scoring to decide the status of your contingent and contract workers you are placing your company at great risk.

Even though many people like the quick, simple answer, auditors, attorneys and judges, who will actually challenge your IC’s status, don’t use slick, give me an instant answer, questionnaires.

Experts base their decisions on a profound level of detail, case law and years of experience with thousands of cases.  The automated questionnaires are at best shallow and inaccurate guesses.  They are only correct in the most obvious and extreme situations.

Collabrus’ questionnaire is easy to complete and is backed up by real professional experts who personally insure an accurate determination.

Collabrus starts with a short, painless questionnaire that I personally review.  You can rest easy, knowing our answer will withstand a challenge. 

It’s both accurate and fast.

We will provide a definitive determination within 24 hours from the time we have all of the information, including any supporting documents. 

Go with a true expert.

Do you want to be the company who was taken in by a shallow, feel good now, pay later option? I didn’t think so.