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Independent Contractor or Employee? |
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General issues. Has links to other
sites.
Your Rights as an Independent Contractor
Contractor-centric discussion of basic legal issues. |
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Independent
Contractor Web Pages
Nolo Press Web site. The site focuses on employers, not writers,
but it can be useful for us nonetheless. Has links to other sites.
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IRS Form
SS-8
The form that the IRS has used since 1997 to determine whether you
are a contractor or employee. Note that your state employment tax
agency may use a different, though probably related, test. Also
note that in legal matters other than taxes, the test is far
simpler: if a company has the right to control or change your work
goals and the manner and means by which you achieve them, you're
an employee. It was this simple test that proved the undoing of
Microsoft in the recently-settled
permatemp lawsuit. |
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IRS Ruling 87-41
An earlier ruling on contractor status that became famous as the
20 Questions. It served as the basis of Form SS-8 and is still a
valid guide to your status with the IRS. |
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Are You Really an
Independent Contractor?
The answers to the 20 questions that signify you're an independent
contractor. |
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The 20 Questions
A good outline of how the IRS evaluates your status. |
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Guide to the
20 Questions
A detailed guide to the questions. |
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Technical
Communicators Resource Site
Links, links and more links. |
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Usable
Web
Links to numerous sites on designing successful Web sites. |
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User Interface Engineering
Consultants on user interface. Published a very interesting study
on Web page usability. |
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Web & HTML Documentation
Collection
Maintained by the University of Toronto Library |
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Web Page Design for
Designers |
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Web Pages That Suck
The online version of Vincent Flanders' book of the same name. A
complete tutorial on awful Web page design. |
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Web Style Sheets
The latest developments in adding style sheets to Web pages. |
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Web
Usability Tips
Usability in E-Commerce Sites |
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WEBalley
Good site for basic Web design, including templates |
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WebMaster's
Resources
Huge site with links to all sorts of resources for Web developers |
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WinWriters
Publications, training, conferences, etc., for WinHelp writers |
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Jack DeLand's Wired WinHelp
Site of a WinHelp consultant with attitude |
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Wordbiz.Net:
Journalism Online
Hip online resource for creators of online content, esp. writers
and site developers |
