Common use of Status as a Consultant Clause in Contracts

Status as a Consultant. (a) The Consultant shall at all times act strictly and exclusively as an independent contractor and shall not be considered as having employee status under any law, regulation or ordinance or as being entitled to participate in or benefit under any plan or program established at any time by the Client for its employees. The Consultant shall have no managerial authority or responsibility of an officer or supervisor of the Client. The Consultant shall not have any authority to bind the Client to any contract or to commit the Client in any manner whatsoever. The Consultant shall not at any time hold itself out as a representative or agent of the Client. (b) Consultant will be treated as an independent contractor and not as an employee of the Client for federal, state and local income tax purposes. The Client will not (i) withhold or pay any federal, state or local income or FICA (social security) taxes from Consultant compensation; (ii) pay any FICA or federal and state unemployment insurance on Consultant behalf or on behalf of any of its employees; (iii) provide workers’ compensation insurance for Consultant or any of its employees; or (iv) cover Consultant any of its employees under any retirement, profit sharing or other employee benefit plan or program. Consultant shall pay all federal, state and local income and self-employment taxes on Consultant income, as required by law, and shall file all applicable returns and forms in connection therewith.

Status as a Consultant. (a) The Consultant shall at all times act strictly and exclusively as an independent contractor and shall not be considered as having employee status under any law, regulation or ordinance or as being entitled to participate in or benefit benefit. under any plan or program established at any time by the Client for its employees. The Consultant shall have no managerial authority or responsibility of an officer or supervisor of the Client. The Consultant shall not have any authority to bind the Client to any contract or to commit the Client in any manner whatsoever. The Consultant shall not at any time hold itself itself* out as a representative or agent of the Client. (b) Consultant will be treated as an independent contractor and not as an employee of the Client for federal, state and local income tax purposes. The Client will not (i) withhold or pay any federal, state or local income or FICA (social security) taxes from Consultant compensation; (ii) pay any FICA or federal and state unemployment insurance on Consultant behalf or on behalf of any of its employees; (iii) provide workers’ ' compensation insurance for Consultant or any of its employees; or (iv) cover Consultant any of its employees under any retirement, profit sharing or other employee benefit plan or program. Consultant shall pay all federal, state and local income and self-employment taxes on Consultant income, as required by law, and shall file all applicable returns and forms in connection therewith.