Square One provides free, plain English legal templates for hiring employees and independent contractors in the United States. Anyone can use Square One forms to hire someone new, for free.A group of experienced lawyers came together during the 2020 pandemic to publish Square One.
Like others who were able to keep working during the pandemic, even as Americans lost work in record numbers, we felt a need to do what we could for those who weren’t so lucky. Part of that is helping companies who can rehire do so. Uncertainty and costs around basic legal terms shouldn’t slow them down.
Of course, there’s no such thing as “perfect” legal terms. But we’ve tried our best, based on our judgment and experience, to fit as many common situations as possible, nationwide. Some forms favor companies more heavily. Some favor workers. Square One tries to be fair to both, to give folks what they expect.
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