Contractor vs. Employee Classification Checklist

Weigh the common factors before you misclassify a worker

Misclassifying a worker is one of the most common and costly mistakes a growing business makes. This checklist walks through the factors regulators and courts commonly weigh — who controls how/when/where work happens, who provides tools and how payment works, and whether the relationship looks like an ongoing job or a scoped project — and tallies your answers into a contractor-leaning, employee-leaning, or mixed result with a category breakdown. It's general awareness guidance, not a legal determination.

• →Covers behavioral control, financial control, and relationship-type factors used broadly across jurisdictions
• →Live weighted score showing contractor-leaning vs. employee-leaning signals
• →Per-category tally so you can see exactly where the ambiguity is
• →Clear disclaimer that this is general awareness, not a binding legal classification
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