Acid Test Logo Agencies


WWW.CEHANDBOOK.COM

Self-Reliance And Security For
Contract Employees.

 

+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+

Does your firm adhere to the principles and guidelines of
The Contract Worker's Bill of Rights?

Click "We Pass The Acid Test."
Register your firm to display
The Acid Test Logo.

YOUR COMPANY NAME
Supports Full Disclosure

The Contract Worker's Bill of Rights

+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+

 

This is a very short list. We will update the list regularly as additional agencies register to display the Acid Test Logo.

Acid Test Logo Agencies and Consulting Firms

These firms have registered online to display the Acid Test Logo on their company web site. The Acid Test Logo Registration Program is voluntary and self-policing. There is no approval process or other certification required. However, misrepresentation of the Acid Test Logo is considered an infraction of the Acid Test Logo's copyright, and the copyright owner reserves the right to seek civil, legal and criminal redress to the full extent permitted by law.

A

Alpha Engineering Sources
http://www.engineeringsources.com

BC

Clear Spring Associates, Ltd.
http://www.clearspring.com

ContractConXXion
http://contractconxxion.com

D

Data-Core Systems Inc.
http://www.dclgroup.com/DCGroup/core/default.htm

Datamint Inc.
http://www.brainbid.com

DML Staffing
http://www.dmlstaffing.com

EFG

General Consulting Corp.
http://www.genccorp.com

Genesis II Consulting Services, Inc.
http://www.genesisii.com

Gordon Technical Services, Inc
http://www.gordonchandler.com

H

HomeStaff
http://members.tripod.com/~HomeStaff/staff.index.htm

I

Information Systems Alliances, Inc.
http://www.isalliances.com

JKLM

MGM Technology Solutions
http://www.mgmtech.net

Micro-Tech
http://www.themicrotech.com

Michael Swift Associates -- IBM AS400
michael@theswifts.com

N

Next Century Software, Inc.
http://www.NexCen.com

Network Solution Providers
http://www.nspusa.net

O

OneSource Staffing, Inc.
http://www.1sourcestaffing.com

Outlander Data Services
http://www.thuntek.net/outlander

P

P.A.C.E. -- Professional Association of Contract Employees
http://www.pacepros.com

Project-IT!
http://www.project-it.com

Programmers Society, Inc.
http://www.programmerssociety.com

QR

RBA Consultants
http://www.rbaconsultants.com

RMP Consulting Partners LLC
http://pobox.com/~rmpcp

S

Selective Search
www.winningitsolutions.com

STA-BASIC Resource Services, Inc.
http://www.sta-basic.com

T

TCA Consulting Group, Inc.
http://www.tcagroup.com

Tejas Information Services
http://homepages.msn.com:4890/CorporateWay/jefftttt/index.html

TMM Consulting Svcs Inc.
TMMConsSvc@aol.com

UVW

WMKI, LLP
http://www.wmki.com

Wizard Technical Staffing
http://www.wizardstaffing.com

XYZ

 

Marketing Brokers

Marketing brokers do stand-alone job matching. Their job is to introduce the contractor to prospective end users. Once a match is made, the marketing broker backs out of the loop. The contractor is then free to negotiate a direct contract with the end user, or alternatively employ the services of a separate, third party employer of record. Marketing brokers usually charge the contractor a percentage of the bill rate contingent on the contractor being paid by the end user.

Certain full service temp agencies may offer stand-alone job matching as one of several unbundled services provided on an a la carte basis.

Marketing brokers neither manage the contract, nor do they handle the contractor's money. This separation allows the contractor to participate fully in contract negotiations and in setting the bill rate.

Marketing brokers and full-service agencies that offer stand-alone job matching are sorely needed to support self-reliant independent contractors, and to complement stand-alone employer of record services like P.A.C.E. and other umbrella services and pass-through agencies. If you know of a stand-alone job matching service please send us their URL so we can add it to the list below. We want to give these extremely useful and valuable firms as much business as we can. Send e-mail to acid_test@cehandbook.com

The Marketing Brokers on this list:

  • Charge the contractor no more that 10% of the bill rate;
  • Have non-compete clauses not longer than six months;
  • Do not manage the contract;
  • Allow the contractor to sign a direct contract with the end user or go through a separate, third party employer of record.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR

S
Synergistech Communications
Technical Writers, S.F. Bay Area
http://www.synergistech.com (special for P.A.C.E. contractors)

TUVWXYZ

 

P.A.C.E. Partners

Below is a list of small consulting firms that refer their subcontractors to P.A.C.E. -- Professional Association of Contract Employees http://www.pacepros.com.
Employment of subcontractors through P.A.C.E. offers several advantages to the consulting firm, to the end user, and to the subcontractor.

Advantage to the end user:
  • P.A.C.E. mitigates the risk that non-compliance with IRS common law factors will lead to IRS reclassification of the consulting firm's subcontractors as employees of the end user.
Advantage to the consulting firm:
  • P.A.C.E. mitigates the risk that non-compliance with IRS common law factors will lead to IRS reclassification of the consulting firm's subcontractors as employees of the consulting firm.
  • P.A.C.E. becomes the consulting firm's virtual back office, assuming all responsibility for payroll checks, payment of payroll taxes, withholding of income taxes, and administration of health insurance and retirement programs, thus freeing the small consulting firm to focus on what it does best.
Advantage to the subcontractor:
  • Small consulting firms provide their subcontractors with a regular source of contracting assignments.
  • Employment through P.A.C.E. simulates the tax advantages of being a self-employed independent contractor, but without the attendant paperwork.
  • P.A.C.E. provides its employees with workers compensation insurance, unemployment insurance, general liability insurance, tax exempt reimbursement of legitimate business expenses, and pass-through of payroll tax savings when unemployment and Social Security wage caps are exceeded.

Here is the list:

Curonet - Network Integration
http://www.curonet.com (web site under construction)

Libra Associates - Technical Writing
http://www.libra.com

 

 

P.A.C.E.

Professional Association
Of Contract Employees

A Unique Umbrella Service For Individual Consultants and
Self-reliant Contract Employees
www.pacepros.com