2 million self-employed
Their interests are our interest
It's your contract: Take control of it!
We say you should control your contract. Here's how. Check for clauses that are:
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You can also make use of our Contract Template to design your contract.

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You and Your Contract
Charter of Contractual Fairness.

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Fixing business disputes
There's lots happening for new dispute resolution services for small business people. The Small Business Commissioner (SBC) model is being rolled out across Australia. Explanation of developments.
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Sham contracting small problem
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'Income 20 pounds; expenditure 21 pounds; result misery!'
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Our Commitment to Research

Independent Contractors of Australia has found that, in the past, research on self-employed people has been poor. The definitions used to identify self-employed people have been inadequate and most analysis has approached the self-employed as if we were some form of 'employees'. For this reason ICA is committed to sourcing research which we believe is of a higher quality and where we can encouraging better targeted research.

In mid-2009 we
  • pulled together a partnership of Monash University, Roy Morgan Research, the Australian Taxation Office and the Commonwealth Bank to conduct a 'desk audit' of available data on independent contractors (ie) self-employed profiling. No task has been undertaken like this before and it is ground-breaking. Results will be released in March 2010. The research has been possible through a funding arrangement with the CBA.
In early 2009 we
  • were pleased to see ATO research released which reveals a good deal about the profiles of self-employed people.
During 2008 we Prior to that we
  • had located research from Zurich university in 2004
ICA continues to encourage improvements in research and will partner with groups where we can play a constructive role.