Independent Contractor Agreement

The contractor

Is the contractor a business or an individual?

Contractor's full legal name

For a business, use its registered name, including "LLC" or "Inc." if it has one.

Street address

City

State

ZIP code

Email optional

Used for written notices under the agreement.

Phone optional

The company

This agreement is for a business that hires a contractor.

Is the company a business or an individual?

Company's full legal name

For a business, use its registered name, including "LLC" or "Inc." if it has one.

Street address

City

State

ZIP code

Email optional

Used for written notices under the agreement.

Phone optional

Dates

Start date

End date optional

Leave blank if the agreement continues until either side ends it.

The work

What work will the contractor do?

Describe the services, one item per line.

Might the company add future projects under this agreement?

Yes No

If yes, each future project is set out in a separate written statement of work that both sides sign.

Specific deliverables optional

Items the contractor will hand over, one per line. You can include a due date on each line.

Date by which all the work must be finished optional

Pay

How will the contractor be paid?

How many days does the company have to pay each invoice?

Enter 0 if payment is due on receipt.

Late payment fee optional

How the contractor works

Any regular check-ins the contractor agrees to? optional

For example, "a short status email every Friday." The contractor otherwise sets its own schedule.

Tools, equipment or system access the company will provide optional

The contractor otherwise uses its own tools and equipment. List one item per line.

Have you read the note on how the working relationship operates?

Yes No

Whether someone is legally an employee or an independent contractor can depend on how the relationship works in practice, not only on what this agreement says. The agreement includes a short statement of this.

Expenses

How are the contractor's business expenses handled?

Insurance

Must the contractor carry business insurance?

Yes No

Work product and confidentiality

Who owns the work the contractor creates for the company?

Materials the contractor already owns and may use in the work optional

For example, code libraries, templates or photos the contractor created before this agreement. One per line.

Should the contractor keep the company's information confidential?

Yes No

Ending the agreement

How many days' written notice must either side give to end the agreement?

Should both sides agree not to recruit each other's employees?

Yes No

The agreement applies this promise only as far as the governing law allows. This agreement does not include a non-compete.

Final terms

Anything else both sides agreed to? optional

Which state's law should govern this agreement?

Usually the state where the company or the contractor is based.

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Independent Contractor Agreement

The contractor

The company

Dates

The work

Pay

How the contractor works

Expenses

Insurance

Work product and confidentiality

Ending the agreement

Final terms

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