Archive for May 2016

An op-ed from CEO Gene Zaino discussing the need for the Certified Self-Employed solution.

MBO Partners has been chosen by Spend Matters as a “Provider to Watch” in 2016.

In 2015, 2.9 million full-time independent contractors were making more than $100,000. That is more than 16 percent of the 17.8 million full-time independent contractors in the U.S. in 2015, according to research from Herndon, Va.-based MBO Partners. That means almost one in five full-time freelancers were turning six-figure salaries last year. The research was…

MBO Partners, a management services company, is out with a report today calling for the federal government to create a formal certification process for independent workers who would be known as the “Certified Self-Employed.” This new class of worker “would spur a new industry to service independents, providing them with elements of traditional employment,” like…

Under the proposal released this morning [by MBO Partners], independent workers would be able to seek a special certification signifying that they have formally declared their status as independent workers and have opted out of the protections given to traditional employees. Companies who hired the certified workers would be safe from having the workers reclassified…

MBO Partners released a policy proposal Tuesday for the institution of a new “worker certification” called Certified Self-Employed (CSE). The proposal lays out a certification program through which workers who meet certain program criteria and comply with program requirements would be designated self-employed. The certification, proposed to be administered and governed by the federal government’s…

Misclassifying an independent contractor can prove costly — for example, FedEx recently agreed to settle a misclassification suit for $228 million. On the other hand, properly classifying a worker isn’t always easy; laws and regulations are complex and differ by location…But MBO Partners believes it has a solution in the form of a new “certified…