Sure. Or consider the ABC test: A. The worker is free from the employer's control or direction in performing the work. B. The work takes place outside the us

Sure. Or consider the ABC test: A. The worker is free from the employer's control or direction in performing the work. B. The work takes place outside the usual course of the business of the company and off the site of the business. C. Customarily, the worker is engaged in an independent trade, occupation, profession, or business. In this case, again, depending on the contract signed, A would cover subcontracting unless it was explicitly prohibited by the contract. And maybe it was. But I have signed plenty of contracts with my personal name not my fictitious or LLC name that would not have been violated by having someone else perform the work.