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independent contractor

natural person, business, or corporation that provides goods or services to another entity under a contract or verbal agreement.
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independent contractor

Summary

independent contractor is a role[1]. It draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (role category, ranking #105 of 143).[2]

Key Facts

  • independent contractor's instance of is recorded as role[3].
  • independent contractor is a type of employment[4].
  • independent contractor's facet of is recorded as respondeat superior[5].

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Definition and Type

independent contractor's instance of is recorded as role[3]. It is a type of employment[4].

Why It Matters

independent contractor draws 1 Wikipedia views per month (role category, ranking #105 of 143).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . law.cornell.edu.. law.cornell.edu.. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → employment
    Instance of → role
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007543295105171
    Yale lux id → concept/441c2e57-fa0b-453c-8372-cc80c2e44742
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007543295105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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