It's fairly easy. You just have to follow the guidelines. They are also guidelines not hard and fast rules. If you ask a contractor to come in from 9-5 for a we

It's fairly easy. You just have to follow the guidelines. They are also guidelines not hard and fast rules. If you ask a contractor to come in from 9-5 for a week because that's when you're company is open, but it's a short term engagement, you don't buy them a computer, you don't prevent them from working for other companies, you don't offer insurance or vacation, you don't reimburse them for business expenses, and you have a written contract, you're not likely to run into problems. >This is why a lot of larger companies will not employ sole-proprietors directly. There are plenty of large companies that do contract directly. For example, Coke does it all the time.