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A services agreement with a contractor, drafted around the facts that decide classification. You start from the matter's documents, describe it in your own words, or answer plain intake questions, and the draft comes back as an editable Word document for your review.

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From the statutes, court rules, regulations and forms Lawsmith has saved from each state's government publishers, with the date each text was read and a label saying whether it is the official text. Before writing, the drafter must quote the saved text behind each citation; a citation with no checked quotation reaches you marked for verification.

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Independent Contractor Agreement for attorneys in 13 states, drafted from published statutes

What you get

An editable Word document, drafted from your answers and the state's published law.
A proof of sources: every citation in the draft with the words it quotes, the source and whether it is the official text, the date the text was saved and its fingerprint.
Notes for counsel listing each point marked [VERIFY], each blank and each choice left for the client.

What the intake asks

Plain questions, in the order an attorney would take the facts. Anything left blank stays a marked blank in the draft; nothing is invented to fill it.

The parties

Company's legal name
Company details
Contractor's legal name
Contractor details
Your client is the

The engagement

The services and deliverables
How the work will actually be done
Where the work will be performed
Term and termination

Payment

Compensation and invoicing
Expenses and materials
Taxes, benefits and insurance

Ownership and confidentiality

Who owns the work product
Work product, pre-existing materials and credit
Confidential information
Non-competition or non-solicitation
Covenant terms
Warranties, liability and indemnity

Closing

Governing law and disputes

Signing

How will this be signed
Other instructions or open decisions

Where it is offered

Every state Lawsmith has sources for:

California Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania Texas Virginia

Sources on file

The drafter works from the texts Lawsmith has saved for this document in the state you choose, plus federal law where it applies. Each is read from its government publisher and dated, and labelled official only where the state designates that text official.

State	Sources for this document
California	34
Connecticut	18
Delaware	23
District of Columbia	27
Florida	25
Maryland	30
Massachusetts	19
New Jersey	32
New York	30
Ohio	20
Pennsylvania	20
Texas	24
Virginia	28

Among them, for New Jersey:

N.J.S.A. 2A:14-1: 6 years
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-12. Retention of electronic records
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-2 Definitions relative to electronic transactions.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-3 Applicability of act to electronic records, signatures; exceptions.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-5. Electronic record, signature not required

The law on file, state by state

What the drafter reads for this document in each state, from the publisher's own pages. A listed text is on file; whether it governs your matter is your call. The collection does not establish complete legal coverage.

California

Cal. Lab. Code § 2872. Written notice required when an employment agreement contains an invention assignment provision statute
Cal. Lab. Code § 3353. Independent contractor defined for workers' compensation statute
Workers' compensation text defining an independent contractor as any person who renders service for a specified recompense for a specified result, under the principal's control as to the result only and not the means by…
Cal. Lab. Code § 226.8. Willful misclassification as an independent contractor unlawful; civil penalties statute
Text making it unlawful to willfully misclassify an individual as an independent contractor, or to charge a misclassified individual fees or make deductions that would have been unlawful for an employee, with a civil…
Cal. Lab. Code § 2775: Worker classification statute
Worker classification text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Lab. Code § 2779. Single-engagement event exception between two individuals statute
Section 2775 and Dynamex do not apply between two individuals each acting as a sole proprietor or separate business entity performing work under a contract for services at a single-engagement event, under the listed…
Cal. Lab. Code § 3351. Employee defined for workers' compensation statute
Workers' compensation text defining employee as every person in the service of an employer under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, lawfully or unlawfully…
Cal. Unemp. Ins. Code § 1088.8. Service-recipients that file federal 6041A returns must report independent contractors to the EDD statute
Since January 1, 2001, a service-recipient that makes or must make a return to the Internal Revenue Service under Internal Revenue Code section 6041A(a) for payments to a service-provider must file the information the…
Cal. Unemp. Ins. Code § 621. Employee defined for unemployment insurance; ABC test statute
Unemployment Insurance Code text defining employee to include any corporate officer and any individual providing labor or services for remuneration, who has the status of an employee rather than an independent…
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600: Restraints on competition statute
Restraints on competition text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 16600.1: Restraints on competition statute
Restraints on competition text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Connecticut

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-222. Definitions (unemployment compensation: employment) statute
Connecticut unemployment-compensation definitions: service by an individual is employment irrespective of the common-law relationship unless it is shown that the individual is free from control and direction under the…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-275. Definitions (workers' compensation) statute
Connecticut workers' compensation definitions, including the definition of employee and employer that determines whether a worker falls under the act.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-14p. Covenants not to compete involving physician statute
Connecticut text on physician non-competes, which reaches any contract creating a professional relationship with a physician: a covenant is enforceable only if necessary to protect a legitimate business interest,…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-110b: Unfair trade practices prohibited statute
Unfair trade practices text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Delaware

19 Del. C. § 3302. Definitions (unemployment insurance: employment) statute
Delaware unemployment-insurance definitions: services performed by an individual for wages are employment irrespective of the common-law relationship unless it is shown to the Department's satisfaction that the…
19 Del. C. § 2301. Definitions (workers' compensation) statute
Delaware workers' compensation definitions, in which employee means every person in service of a corporation, association, firm or person under any contract of hire, express or implied, or performing services for…
19 Del. C. § 3501. Definitions (Workplace Fraud Act) statute
Delaware definitions for the Workplace Fraud Act, including construction services, contractor, employer and the exempt-person and independent-contractor terms the classification rule in § 3503 turns on.
6 Del. C. § 2708. Choice of law. statute
Contract execution and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
19 Del. C. § 3503. Requirements; acts prohibited (Workplace Fraud Act) statute
Delaware misclassification text: an employer may not improperly classify an individual who performs work for remuneration as an independent contractor, and an employer-employee relationship is presumed when work is…
19 Del. C. § 3509. Retaliation prohibited (Workplace Fraud Act) statute
Delaware text barring discrimination or adverse action against a person for filing a complaint, bringing an action, testifying or assisting an investigation under the Workplace Fraud Act, with a Department complaint…
6 Del. C. § 2511 statute
Consumer fraud scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2513 statute
Consumer fraud scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
6 Del. C. § 2707. Agreements not to compete statute
Delaware text voiding a covenant not to compete in an employment, partnership or corporate agreement between physicians that restricts a physician's right to practice in a locale or for a period after termination, while…

District of Columbia

D.C. Code § 28-3901: Definitions and purposes (Consumer Protection Procedures Act) statute
D.C. Code § 32-1301. Definitions. statute
D.C. Wage Payment and Collection definitions, including "employer" and "employee" as any person suffered or permitted to work by an employer, and "wages".
D.C. Code § 32-1331.01. Definitions. statute
Definitions for the D.C. Workplace Fraud Act, including "construction services", "employee" as every person other than an exempt person or an independent contractor providing construction services, and "employer".
D.C. Code § 32-1501. Definitions. statute
D.C. Workers' Compensation Act definitions, including "employee" and "employer", in a long section that opens with family-relationship terms.
D.C. Code § 32-581.03. Limitations on non-compete provisions for highly compensated employees. statute
D.C. text stating the conditions for an enforceable non-compete with a highly compensated employee executed on or after October 1, 2022: the functional scope, geographical limits and a term of no more than 365 days (730…
D.C. Code § 32–581.01. Definitions. statute
Noncompete definitions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 32–581.02. Prohibition on non-compete provisions for covered employees. statute
Noncompete restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
D.C. Code § 51-101. Definitions. statute
D.C. unemployment-compensation definitions, including "employment" as service by a corporate officer, by an individual who is an employee under the usual common-law rules, or by the listed categories of agent-drivers,…
D.C. Code § 12-301: Limitation of time for bringing actions statute
D.C. Code § 28-3904: Unfair or deceptive trade practices statute
Lists the prohibited practices and states that a violation occurs whether or not any consumer is in fact misled, deceived or damaged.

Florida

Fla. Stat. § 440.10. Liability for compensation. statute
Florida text on an employer's liability to secure compensation, including that a contractor who sublets work is liable for and must secure compensation for the subcontractor's employees under the conditions stated, with…
Fla. Stat. § 440.02. Definitions. statute
Florida workers' compensation definitions. Subsection (18) defines employee, includes certain corporate officers, sole proprietors and construction subcontractors, and in paragraph (d) excludes an independent contractor…
Fla. Stat. § 443.036. Definitions. statute
Florida reemployment assistance definitions used throughout chapter 443, including employment, employing unit and the terms used in section 443.1216. This is a long section; read the definitions that apply.
Fla. Stat. § 443.1216. Employment. statute
Florida reemployment assistance text stating that employment subject to the chapter includes service by an officer of a corporation and by an individual who, under the usual common-law rules for determining the…
Fla. Stat. § 542.335: Restrictive covenant scope statute
Restrictive covenant scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 542.43. Definitions. statute
Florida CHOICE Act definitions, including covered employee (an employee or individual contractor meeting the earnings threshold stated), covered employer, covered garden leave agreement and covered noncompete agreement.
Fla. Stat. § 542.44. Covered garden leave agreement. statute
Florida CHOICE Act text on covered garden leave agreements, stating their applicability, that they do not violate public policy as a restraint of trade, and the conditions the section lists.
Fla. Stat. § 440.05. Election of exemption; revocation of election; notice; certification. statute
Florida text on the notices corporate officers, sole proprietors and partners file to elect or revoke a workers' compensation exemption, and the certification process the section describes.
Fla. Stat. § 542.45. Covered noncompete agreements. statute
Florida CHOICE Act text on covered noncompete agreements with covered employees who work primarily in Florida or covered employers based in Florida, stating that such an agreement does not violate public policy as a…
Fla. Stat. § 688.002: Trade secrets statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Maryland

Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 8-205. Unemployment insurance: independent contractor test statute
Maryland unemployment-insurance text under which work under a contract of hire is not covered employment if the Secretary is satisfied that the individual is free from control and direction in fact and under the…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 9-101. Workers' compensation: definitions statute
Maryland Workers' Compensation definitions, including "covered employee" as an individual listed in Subtitle 2 for whom coverage is required. Read the complete section and Subtitle 2 before relying on it.
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3-716. Noncompete and conflict-of-interest provisions statute
Maryland text making noncompete and conflict-of-interest provisions unenforceable for employees earning 150% of the State minimum wage or less, certain licensed health-care employees earning $350,000 or less, and…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3-901. Workplace Fraud Act: definitions statute
Maryland definitions for the Workplace Fraud Act, including "construction services", "employer" and "exempt person" (an individual who performs services in a personal capacity, free from direction and control,…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3-903.1. Workplace Fraud Act: written contract and documents rebutting the presumption statute
Maryland text stating that the presumption in § 3-903(c)(1) does not apply if the employer produces a signed written contract describing the work and remuneration and acknowledging the business entity's payroll-tax,…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 3-914. Workplace Fraud Act: records and written notice of classification statute
Maryland text requiring an employer covered by the Act to keep classification records for at least three years and to give each individual classified as an independent contractor or exempt person written notice of the…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 8-201. Unemployment insurance: presumption of covered employment statute
Maryland text presuming employment performed for wages or under a contract of hire to be covered employment, which an employing unit overcomes only by establishing independent-contractor status under § 8-205 or a…
Md. Code, Labor and Employment § 9-202. Workers' compensation: presumption of covered employee statute
Maryland text presuming an individual in the service of an employer under an express or implied contract of hire to be a covered employee, which the employer overcomes only by establishing independent-contractor status…
Md. Code, Commercial Law § 13-101: Definitions (Maryland Consumer Protection Act) statute
Consumer means an actual or prospective purchaser, lessee or recipient of consumer goods, services, realty or credit, and expressly includes a co-obligor or surety for a consumer.
Md. Code, Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 5-101: Three-year limitation in general statute

Massachusetts

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 1. Definitions (workers' compensation) statute
Massachusetts workers' compensation definitions, including in subsection (4) the definition of employee and the option for a sole proprietor or partnership to secure coverage that chapter 149, § 148B refers to.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 148B: Persons performing service not authorized under this chapter deemed employees; exception statute
Independent contractor classification text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, § 24L: Massachusetts Noncompetition Agreement Act statute
Noncompetition agreements text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151A, § 2. Service deemed ''employment''; exclusions statute
Massachusetts unemployment-insurance text: service by an individual is employment irrespective of the common-law relationship unless it is shown that the individual is free from control and direction under the contract…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A § 2 statute
Unfair trade practices text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

New Jersey

N.J.S.A. 34:20-3 Definitions relative to classification of construction employees. statute
Text defining employer for the Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act as an entity primarily engaged in, or entering a contract for, improvements to real property, including any subcontractor or lower tier…
N.J.S.A. 34:20-4 Certain services deemed employment; exceptions. statute
Construction Industry Independent Contractor Act text: for the Prevailing Wage Act, the unemployment compensation law, the Temporary Disability Benefits Law, the gross income tax and other State tax laws, the wage…
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-2 Definitions relative to electronic transactions. statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-5. Electronic record, signature not required statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-7. Legal effect and enforceability statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 12A:12-8. Use, retention, content, format of electronic records statute
Electronic transactions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.J.S.A. 34:11-4.1 Definitions. statute
Wage payment law definitions: employer includes any individual or entity employing a person in this State, with corporate officers and managing agents deemed employers of the corporation's employees;
N.J.S.A. 34:15-36 Definitions. statute
Workers' compensation definitions: employee includes all natural persons, including officers of corporations, who perform service for an employer for financial consideration, exclusive of persons eligible under the…
N.J.S.A. 34:20-5 Improper classification of construction employees, degree of offense, crime; penalties. statute
An employer, or its officer, agent, superintendent, foreman or employee, who fails to classify an individual as an employee under section 4 for the listed laws and fails to pay required wages, benefits, taxes or…
N.J.S.A. 43:21-19 Definitions. statute
Unemployment compensation law definitions; paragraph (6) of subsection (i) provides that services performed by an individual for remuneration are employment unless it is shown to the division's satisfaction that the…

New York

N.Y. General Business Law § 1410: § 1410. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 1411: Contracted compensation payments statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 1414: § 1414. Violations. 1. The attorney general shall be authorized to statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 1415: Additional rights statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-1401: Choice of law statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-1402: Choice of forum statute
Contract writings, modification and scope restrictions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 2. Definitions. statute
Workers' compensation definitions: "employee" means a person engaged in one of the occupations enumerated in section 3 or in the service of an employer conducting a hazardous employment, and also any individual…
N.Y. General Business Law § 1412: Written contracts statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 1413: Discrimination prohibited statute
Freelance worker contracts and payment text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
N.Y. General Business Law § 349: Unfair, deceptive or abusive acts and practices statute
Distinguish Article 29-H conduct rules from remedies. Section 602 includes public enforcement and a narrow private action for an aggrieved recipient served with more than 50 information subpoenas per month under its…

Ohio

Ohio Rev. Code § 4123.01. Workers' compensation definitions. statute
Ohio workers' compensation definitions. Division (A)(1)(c) treats every person who performs labor or provides services under a construction contract, as defined in section 4123.79, as an employee if at least ten of the…
Ohio Rev. Code § 4141.01. Unemployment compensation definitions. statute
Ohio unemployment compensation definitions. Division (B)(1) defines employment as service performed by an individual for remuneration under any contract of hire unless it is shown to the director's satisfaction that the…
Ohio Rev. Code § 1333.61: Uniform trade secrets act definitions. statute
Trade secrets text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1335.05: Certain agreements to be in writing. statute
Agreements requiring a signed writing text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1345.01 statute
Consumer transaction scope text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Ohio Rev. Code § 1345.02 statute
Unfair consumer practices text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Pennsylvania

Unemployment Compensation Law (Act 1 of 1936, Special Session 2; 43 P.S. § 751 et seq.) statute
Pennsylvania's unconsolidated Unemployment Compensation Law, published as one very long complete act;
Wage Payment and Collection Law (Act 329 of 1961, 43 P.S. § 260.1 et seq.) statute
Text of Pennsylvania's Wage Payment and Collection Law, published as one complete act;
Workers' Compensation Act (Act 338 of 1915, 77 P.S. § 1 et seq.) statute
Pennsylvania's unconsolidated Workers' Compensation Act, published as one very long complete act;
Construction Workplace Misclassification Act (Act 72 of 2010, 43 P.S. § 933.1 et seq.) statute
Text of Pennsylvania's Construction Workplace Misclassification Act, published as one complete act;
Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (Act 74 of 2024) statute
Section 4 provides that a noncompete covenant entered into after the effective date of that subsection is deemed contrary to public policy and void and unenforceable by an employer, with an exception allowing…
Pennsylvania Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, Act 387 of 1968 statute
Unfair trade practices and consumer protection law text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.

Texas

Tex. Lab. Code § 201.041. General definition of employment. statute
Texas unemployment compensation text defining employment as a service performed by an individual for wages or under an express or implied contract of hire, unless it is shown to the commission's satisfaction that the…
Tex. Lab. Code § 201.043. Location of service. statute
Texas text on when service performed in and outside the state counts as employment in Texas, based on where the service is localized, the base of operations, and the residence of the worker.
Tex. Lab. Code § 201.046. Employment to assist employee or agent. statute
Texas text treating an individual employed to perform or assist in performing the work of an employee or agent of an employing unit as employed by that unit if it has actual or constructive knowledge of the work,…
Tex. Lab. Code § 406.121. Definitions. statute
Texas workers' compensation text defining general contractor and independent contractor, the latter as a person who contracts to perform work or provide a service for another and who ordinarily acts as the employer of…
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.50: Covenants not to compete statute
Covenants not to compete text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.51: Noncompete procedure and remedies statute
Noncompete procedure and remedies text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 15.52. Preemption of other law. statute
Texas text stating that the enforceability criteria in sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.
Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 26.01: Agreements requiring a signed writing statute
Agreements requiring a signed writing text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Tex. Lab. Code § 201.042. Service of driver or salesman. statute
Texas text treating the service of certain agent-drivers, commission-drivers and traveling or city salesmen as employment when the listed conditions are met.
Tex. Lab. Code § 401.012. Definition of employee. statute
Texas workers' compensation text defining employee as each person in the service of another under a contract of hire, express or implied, oral or written, including persons other than independent contractors engaged in…

Virginia

Va. Code § 59.1-198: Definitions statute
Virginia Code § 58.1-1900. Classification of employees. statute
Virginia text providing, for Titles 58.1, 40.1, 60.2 and 65.2, that an individual who performs services for remuneration is considered an employee of the party paying it unless the individual or employer demonstrates…
Virginia Code § 60.2-212. Employment. statute
Virginia unemployment-insurance definition of "employment" as service performed for remuneration or under any contract of hire, with the further rules the section states.
Virginia Code § 65.2-101. Definitions. statute
Virginia Workers' Compensation Act definitions, including "employee" and "employer", in a long section that opens with "average weekly wage".
Va. Code § 59.1-199: Exclusions statute
Consumer protection exclusions text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Va. Code § 8.01-246: Personal actions based on contracts statute
Va. Code § 8.01-382: Verdict, judgment or decree to fix period at which interest begins; final order; judgment or decree for interest statute
The court or jury may fix the date interest begins on any principal sum awarded, and the order must provide for interest until the principal is paid.
Virginia Code § 40.1-28.7:7. Misclassification of workers. statute
Virginia text giving an individual not properly classified as an employee a civil action for damages against an employer that knew of the misclassification, with a three-year limitation, and establishing a presumption…
Virginia Code § 40.1-28.7:8. Covenants not to compete prohibited; exceptions; civil penalty. statute
Restrictions on certain noncompetes text. Read the complete provision, including scope, definitions, exceptions and effective dates, before applying it to this agreement.
Virginia Code § 40.1-33.1. Retaliatory actions prohibited; civil penalty. statute
Virginia text prohibiting an employer from retaliating against an employee or independent contractor for reporting suspected worker misclassification or participating in an investigation, with a good-faith requirement…

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What does Lawsmith draft for a independent contractor agreement?: A services agreement with a contractor, drafted around the facts that decide classification. You start from the matter's documents, describe it in your own words, or answer plain intake questions, and the draft comes back as an editable Word document for your review.
Which states is the independent contractor agreement offered in?: All 13 states Lawsmith covers: California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia.
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