With the rise of the gig economy independent contractor arrangements are more common than ever whether youre an independent contractor or a business hiring one to work for you a written agreement will help to protect your rights define expectations and prove that theres no employer employee relationship. Each chapter has two agreements one geared towards the independent contractor and one geared towards the business hiring an independent contractor the 9th edition completely updated to provide the latest rules and regulations includes a new chapter on agreements for gig economy workers. A consulting agreement is a contract between a client or company and an independent contractor or consultant it serves to define the services a consultant has to offer to a client or business entity and it details the compensation a consultant gets out of the services he she renders as well. You will find the various sample agreements to be used by the hiring firm and by the independent contractor at the end of the book and on the cd rom it took me all of 15 minutes to read the chapter on agreements for software consultants and highlight the clauses i wanted to modify