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While 71% of small businesses plan to boost contractor use, many lack efficient, compliant processes to manage them. Learn how to optimize contractor engagements and reduce administrative burden.

Based on a survey of 300 leaders primarily from SMB companies, learn how businesses are planning to leverage independent contractors and their hurdles in building an effective contractor workforce.

See what the 2023 Association of Language Companies’ Industry Survey reveals about the challenges and opportunities businesses face as they increasingly rely on a contractor workforce.

A new U.S. Department of Labor rule will update the test for determining the difference between employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

New legislation will require New York businesses to enter into written agreements with any independent contractor (or freelancer) who provides at least $800 in services rendered.

Insights into the IRS e-filing mandate and how it impacts businesses engaging with independent contractors.

The guidelines for handling withholding requirements for your independent contractors can be complicated. Here's what you should know to stay compliant.

Important questions your business must ask when determining worker classification -- to help you stay compliant.

The cost of mis-classification can be staggering. Here's what you need to know.

Common non-statutory deductions for contractors and how automation can help.

Why verification of your contractors during onboarding is important to staying compliant, and how a contractor management system can help.

DEI includes more than you may typically think. How a strong strategy can benefit your business -- and the important role contractors play.

Increase worker productivity by paying them promptly, in the method they prefer.

The "Final Rule:" Learn more about the two central factors you must use when classifying contractors vs employees.

How your business can take advantage of the rising freelance economy and thrive.

The trend towards increasing use of contractrs to fill talent needs is growing rapidly and will continue to do so. As you scale your business with a contingent workforce, having...

If you are going to be an employer of choice for highly skilled contingent workers, you need to build a corporate brand that shows them just how thankful you are...

A streamlined, efficient, clearly communicated onboarding process is crucial to finding — and keeping — the hard-won contingent talent your organization has added to your team....

32% of businesses are replacing or complementing existing workforces with contingent workers, according to a Gartner report during the pandemic....

There has been an undeniable shift towards the use of a flexible workforce and for many reasons. Workers are demanding it, contingent workers are highly specialized talent and provide very...

Today, one in six workers are 1099-MISC, or contingent workers per ADP’s “Illuminating the Shadow Workforce" research report. And based on our research, 56% of the workforce wants to be a 1099-MISC....

One thing is certain in these uncertain times, and that is the fact that change is happening, whether we are ready for it or not. The pandemic forced many businesses...

Looking back at all of the past year's events, it's become abundantly clear that today's business leaders can't afford to simply react to change. They need to empower their workforce...

The idea of gig work is not new, even to traditional and established businesses. The use of contingent workers and gig workers has grown quickly and shows no signs...

A new year and a new administration in Washington, DC mean more changes on the labor compliance front. 2021 promises to be a busy year with continuing developments on the federal and state level when it comes to worker classification between W-2 employees and 1099 freelance contingent workers.

Intense competition, rapidly changing business environments, and rising customer demands are driving change in how businesses procure and manage their human workforce.

A recent executive order in the last week in June freezes the issuance of temporary H1B work visas. With the new executive order in place, all green cards and temporary...

The current global health crisis has put many businesses under immense stress. One way businesses can weather the storm is through on-demand talent and gig workers.

The trend towards contingent workers as a talent acquisition strategy has been growing steadily as more businesses realize the benefits of this type of workforce.

Working from home and the utilization of remote teams has been gaining acceptance as a real work strategy for many businesses for the last decade. Before the current state of...

Did you know the on-demand labor market is exploding, just growing like crazy? A lot of that is based on the below datapoint.

Rogue Spend - This term represents expenditures with staffing suppliers outside of pre-negotiated contracts or the guidelines of the organization’s contingent workforce program.

How Media Is Modernizing The Classic Freelance Model

How to manage remote teams that create value.

How advances in technology and labor management are impacting the AV and Digital Signage industry.

AV and digital signage integrators are facing unprecedented growth, but also an increasingly competitive and complex business landscape. Digital transformation will determine who wins and loses in the future.

SOC 2 compliance is becoming a must-have for leading SaaS companies like WorkMarket.

Mitigating Misfortune: WorkMarket’s 1099 Workers’ Compensation Insurance

Why You Should Be Using Software (Not Spreadsheets) To Manage Your Field Service Technicians

The Top 5 Mistakes That IT Service Providers Make

The 7 Sins That Can Cost You Freelance Jobs

5 Tips for Tax Season: A Freelancer Cheat Sheet

Retailers are quickly moving beyond brick and click to deliver more, and at ever lowering cost points. Industry leaders have found ways to optimize on-demand labor to better manage and scale their IT field service.

Here are five ways to leverage freelance talent for your next corporate event to make it truly epic.

How WorkMarket's software platform can help transform a new era in healthcare and workforce management.

These eight industries are primed and ready for disruption by on-demand workers in the gig economy.

Simply put, to deliver faster work outcomes, businesses need to adapt automated processes. Here are 10 quick examples of automated on-site tasks to help you deliver faster- and cheaper- work outcomes for your customer.

The Top 5 Overlooked Tax Deductions for Freelancers

Here are 7 gig economy tax tips recently released by the IRS, just in time for tax season.

Big, established companies can be innovative — they just have to want it, according to top venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a partner at Union Square Ventures. At a time when enterprises...

The use of more workers in the gig economy can create more complexity. By automating these processes, you can more easily take advantage of the benefits of an on-demand workforce without adding extra burden your organization. And you can get rid of your swivel chair while you're at it.

Here are four ways insurance firms can easily leverage on-demand talent and how a Freelance Management System can help firms grow in the gig economy.

The Labor Department weighed in last week on a question whose answer could be worth billions of dollars to gig-economy companies: service providers for a virtual marketplace company are independent contractors (or...

Here are some of the top reasons why freelancers opt to no longer complete projects or work for a company.

Business leaders are looking ahead at the new year hopeful for new opportunities, but wary of the uncertainty that change brings. As the use of contingent labor continues to grow,...

By tapping into growing freelance marketplaces, IT service providers can gain direct access to top contractors around the country and extend their bench to better serve their customers.

A Game-Changer For Finding On-Demand Technical Talent

If you haven’t processed a 1099 lately, need a refresher, or have some questions, you may find these tips from our expert panel helpful.

5 Things Every HR Pro Should Know About the Freelance Economy

5 Proven Growth Strategies Every Channel Provider Should Be Using

We're projecting the top three common concerns when managing an extended workforce.

By automating freelance management processes, you can more easily take advantage of the benefits of an on-demand workforce without adding an extra burden on your organization.

As workers with critical institutional knowledge retiree, companies are turning to digital tools to help prevent a corporate brain drain.

4 Ways Service Providers Can Better Manage Their Field Workforce

Every business has hit the same sourcing crossroad -- to stay in-house or seek third party expertise? For service providers in a fiercely competitive IT ecosystem, vendor resource management is...

The IRS has issued a new 1099-NEC form for the 2020 tax year, changing the reporting process for any business that pays a contractor or freelancer more than $600 in...

5 Reasons You Can’t Afford Not to Use a Contractor Verification System

Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) just published its 2017 “Staffing 100,” a list of the 100 most influential people in the staffing industry as nominated by their peers, advisors and SIA...

Firms are supercharging their marketing teams by tapping into today’s prolific freelance market. Even so, one problem remains persistent: executives lack visibility into non-employee spend and management as they forecast their freelancer head counts and budgets.

The IRS has launched a gig economy tax center to help freelancers know how to plan for their tax obligations. Learn more in this 1 minute read.

ITSM businesses can increase workforce management productivity and growth by replacing obsolete spreadsheets with WorkMarket's freelance management software.

Don’t Believe the Negative Hype About Going Freelance

For businesses of all shapes and sizes, and across virtually every industry, times are changing. Technology is fueling a rapid shift toward a liquid workforce. Freelancers, contract workers, vendors, full-time and...