!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [Legal Person] that provides [goods] or [services] to another [entity] under terms specified in a [contract] or within a verbal agreement. 


[{$pagename}], unlike an [employee], does not work regularly for an [employer] but works as and when required, during which time he or she may be subject to [Law of agency]. [{$pagename}] are usually paid on a freelance basis.

In the [United States] the distinction between [{$pagename}] and employee is an important one as the costs for [Organizational Entity] to maintain [employees] are significantly higher than the costs associated with hiring [{$pagename}]s, in part due to [United States federal government] and state requirements for employers to pay [FICA] ([Social Security] and [Medicare] [taxes]), unemployment taxes, and often [Health Insurance] on received income for employees.

Likewise, [employees] are protected from being fired without cause, and if fired or let go for other reasons are entitled to unemployment benefits, whereas [{$pagename}]s have neither protection nor entitlement. [Employees] are also entitled to receive overtime pay for work performed over the 40-hour-per-week standard, whereas [{$pagename}]s may work any number of hours (including far above this standard) with no change in pay.

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