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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 8982581" data-attributes="member: 15700">As someone who's done a lot of work with freelancers, both for my own private company, and for the corporation I work for, it sounds like you're confusing freelancer/contractor with employee. They are very different.&nbsp; A freelancer/contractor is only tied to the actual contract.&nbsp; In fact, according to labor law, the company creating the contract is very limited in what kinds of interactions/directions they can do with freelancers/contractors.In a broad sense, a freelancer/contractor has full autonomy to do the work in whatever fashion they want, as long as they complete it by the agreed upon date for the agreed upon compensation.&nbsp; Some contractors (like corporations) will add things into the contract about providing equipment and resources, but if it's not in the contract, then it's not relevant.If a freelancer I had hired inferred that it was my responsibility to address internet bullying they encountered, they would be clearly mistaken, and as point of fact, if I get involved in any way with the contractor's work they are doing for me outside of what's established in the contract, I could face repercussions. The FLSA does state that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 8982581, member: 15700"] As someone who's done a lot of work with freelancers, both for my own private company, and for the corporation I work for, it sounds like you're confusing freelancer/contractor with employee. They are very different. A freelancer/contractor is only tied to the actual contract. In fact, according to labor law, the company creating the contract is very limited in what kinds of interactions/directions they can do with freelancers/contractors. In a broad sense, a freelancer/contractor has full autonomy to do the work in whatever fashion they want, as long as they complete it by the agreed upon date for the agreed upon compensation. Some contractors (like corporations) will add things into the contract about providing equipment and resources, but if it's not in the contract, then it's not relevant. If a freelancer I had hired inferred that it was my responsibility to address internet bullying they encountered, they would be clearly mistaken, and as point of fact, if I get involved in any way with the contractor's work they are doing for me outside of what's established in the contract, I could face repercussions. The FLSA does state that. [/QUOTE]

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