Common use of INDEPENDENT STATUS OF THE CONTRACTOR Clause in Contracts

INDEPENDENT STATUS OF THE CONTRACTOR. The parties will be acting as independent contractors. The partners, employees, officers, and agents ("Personnel") of one party, in the performance of this Agreement, will act only in the capacity of representatives of that party and not as Personnel of the other party and will not be deemed for any purpose to be Personnel of the other. Each party assumes full responsibility for the actions of its Personnel while they are performing services pursuant to this Agreement and will be solely responsible for paying its Personnel (including withholding of and/or paying income taxes and social security, workers’ compensation, disability benefits and the like). Neither party will commit, nor be authorized to commit, the other party in any manner. The Respondent’s subcontractors will be considered the agents of the Respondent for purposes of this Agreement.