AOR Services
Independent contractor onboarding and compliance
Protect your self-sourced contract workers from misclassification and co-employment risks with IES’s global Agent of Record (AOR) services.
Agent of Record Services
Everything you need for airtight IC compliance.
Misclassifying workers as ICs can lead to severe fines, tax liabilities, reputational damage, and even class-action lawsuits. Through IC compliance and Agent of Record (AOR) services, IES ensures full contractor compliance and indemnifies you if workers are reclassified – so you can use ICs without the worry.
Baseline risk profile
Know your risk level from the start
As your Agent of Record, IES will begin by analyzing your workforce, workflows, and policies to better understand your risk level and potential vulnerabilities. We’ll then configure your program to keep you safe.
Risk reduction
Minimize the risk of using ICs
IES’s proven compliance process and Agent of Record services protect your business from IC misclassification – and the fines, tax payments, co-employment lawsuits, and brand damage that can follow.
Accurate classifications
Accurate classifications, every time
Don’t leave worker classification to chance. IES has been evaluating potential ICs for compliance for decades, and we’ve never had a recommendation overturned.
Regional precision
Ensure compliance, wherever you hire
IC qualification rules differ from state to state and country to country. IES’s Legal team knows every jurisdiction’s unique rules, so you ensure statutory compliance – wherever you find the right talent.
All worker types
Engage all types of independent workers
Hourly freelancers, SOW project workers, salaried long-term placements – talent comes in all shapes and sizes. With IES, you can recruit and compliantly engage every type of worker.
Long-term compliance
Safe now, safe later
IC compliance isn’t a once-and-done effort. IES tracks your ICs’ insurance expiration dates so they don’t lapse, plus we stay on top of changes to IC regulations as they happen.
Baseline risk profile
Know your risk level from the start
As your Agent of Record, IES will begin by analyzing your workforce, workflows, and policies to better understand your risk level and potential vulnerabilities. We’ll then configure your program to keep you safe.
Risk reduction
Minimize the risk of using ICs
IES’s proven compliance process and Agent of Record services protect your business from IC misclassification – and the fines, tax payments, co-employment lawsuits, and brand damage that can follow.
Accurate classifications
Accurate classifications, every time
Don’t leave worker classification to chance. IES has been evaluating potential ICs for compliance for decades, and we’ve never had a recommendation overturned.
Regional precision
Ensure compliance, wherever you hire
IC qualification rules differ from state to state and country to country. IES’s Legal team knows every jurisdiction’s unique rules, so you ensure statutory compliance – wherever you find the right talent.
All worker types
Engage all types of independent workers
Hourly freelancers, SOW project workers, salaried long-term placements – talent comes in all shapes and sizes. With IES, you can recruit and compliantly engage every type of worker.
Long-term compliance
Safe now, safe later
IC compliance isn’t a once-and-done effort. IES tracks your ICs’ insurance expiration dates so they don’t lapse, plus we stay on top of changes to IC regulations as they happen.
Robust reclassification defense
How IES helps you avoid misclassification and ensure contractor compliance as your agent of record:
- Conduct a thorough, region-appropriate risk assessment for each engagement
- Notify your business and the worker of their risk profile
- Refer higher-risk workers to our Employer of Record (EOR) service
- Process invoices and payments
- Maintain a detailed audit defense file
- Indemnify you if ICs are reclassified as employees
Free risk assessment
Calculate your risk in seconds
Misclassifying your workers can trigger government audits, investigations, and lawsuits which can result in hefty fines, penalties, business interruptions, and bad press for your company. Use the IES risk calculator to discover your misclassification risk level and potential liabilities.
Streamlined Online Setup
We onboard workers quickly so you can keep your projects on track.
Detailed Compliance Evaluation
IES includes risk determination in the onboarding process for every IC.
Onboard Talent Anywhere
We ensure compliant onboarding in all 50 states and 150+ countries.
Peronalized Support from Real Humans
Friendly, dedicated IES onboarding specialists are standing by to help.
