Agency relationships and independent contractors What clasifies a worker :Employment lawWork under a contract of serviceUndertakes to personally perform work or servicesStatus of employer is not that of a customerRelationship not clearly different from an employee/ employer relationship AGENTS AUTHORITY TYPESExpress authorityImplied authorityApparent authorityRatification authority Indicators of a workerAgency workersTax liabilityBehavioral controlFinancial controlType of relationship SWOT Analysis Table for Independent contractor Agent’s Duty to PrincipalAvoid self dealingAvoid conflict of interestPreserve confidential information Principal’s duty to AgentsCompensationReimbursementIndemnificationCooperation NON-Fiduciary dutiesDuty of skill and careGood conductKeep and render accounts Benefits of Using Independent ContractorsLower Overhead costNo health benefitsWork on demand ReferencesBeatty, J. F., S. S. Samuelson and P. S. Abril. Business law and the legal environment. Cengage Learning, 2018.Bennet-Alexander, D D and L P Hartman. Employment law for business. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009.Cheeseman, Henry. Business Law: Legal Environment, Online Commerce, Business Ethics, and International Issues. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey:: Prentice Hall, 2007.Glynn, Timothy P., Rachel S. Arnow-Richman and Charles A. Sullivan. Employment Law: Private Ordering and Its Limitations. New York : Aspen Publishers, 2007.