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Everything we know about managing a contingent workforce.

Articles, guides, a glossary of industry terms, and customer stories. Written for practitioners — HR, finance, legal, and founders — not for SEO farms.

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Our resource library covers the practical side of contingent-workforce management — 1099 compliance, AB5 and the ABC test, EOR mechanics, VMS program design, and the tradeoffs teams actually make. Articles are written by practitioners with real engagements behind them, not by content farms chasing long-tail keywords. Glossary entries exist to answer a specific question cleanly; guides go deep on single topics; case studies describe what worked for a specific customer.

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Apr 10, 2026

California AB5 and the ABC Test, Explained for Hiring Teams in 2026

What California AB5 requires, how the ABC test works, why the C-prong fails most businesses, and what to do if your contractor engagement fails.

Apr 3, 2026

EOR vs Contractor vs Entity — Three Ways to Hire Internationally

When to use Employer of Record, when 1099 contractor is fine, and when registering a local entity makes sense. Tradeoffs for US companies hiring across borders.

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1099 vs W-2
The distinction between an independent contractor (1099) and an employee (W-2) under US federal and state tax and labor law.
ABC Test
A legal test used by several US states to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor.
Employer of Record (EOR)
A third party that serves as the legal employer of a worker on behalf of a client company.
Worker misclassification
Treating a worker as an independent contractor when they should legally be classified as an employee.
Vendor Management System (VMS)
Software that coordinates contingent-workforce requirements, vendor submissions, and vendor performance across multiple staffing agencies.

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Financial advisory

Boutique Advisory Firm (design partner — name withheld)

A 14-person boutique fractional-CFO firm replaced a toolstack of spreadsheets, DocuSign, Bill.com, and Greenhouse with Engage as their design partner. Result: admin overhead per contractor cut from ~4 hours/month to under 2, classification documented for the first time across the roster.

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