Organizations increasingly turning to independent contractors and global freelancers now face significant compliance and legal risks. To address this, Independently.ai, an AI-driven workforce compliance technology firm, and DISA Global Solutions, a leader in background screening, have formed a strategic partnership. This alliance provides a unified solution to help companies confidently hire and manage independent talent while mitigating misclassification liabilities and streamlining onboarding.
Independently.ai and DISA Global Solutions partner to solve compliance challenges in the independent workforce.
The partnership addresses rising risks of worker misclassification for contractors, freelancers, and global 1099 talent.
Independently.ai uses AI to validate contractor status across 54+ countries, reducing legal and financial exposure.
DISA provides integrated background screening and drug testing to ensure workforce integrity.
The combined solution helps HR, legal, and finance leaders streamline onboarding while maintaining rigorous compliance.
It aims to protect organizations from penalties, back taxes, and reputational damage related to misclassification.
The independent workforce, encompassing contractors, freelancers, and gig workers, is the fastest-growing labor segment. While it offers flexibility, it introduces severe compliance risks, especially around misclassification. Incorrectly classifying an employee as a contractor can lead to massive liabilities, including back taxes, penalty fines, retroactive benefits, and regulatory audits. This partnership directly tackles this crisis by merging AI-powered classification validation with established pre-employment screening.
Independently.ai serves as the technological foundation for compliance, using AI-driven analysis to evaluate worker status against local laws in over 54 countries. This provides organizations with a defensible, audit-ready process for engaging independent talent. DISA Global Solutions complements this by applying its deep expertise in background checks, drug testing, and workforce compliance, ensuring that independent hires also meet traditional standards of safety and integrity.
The integrated offering delivers clear value across corporate functions. It enables HR and talent teams to onboard independent skills faster without bypassing compliance. It gives legal and finance departments documented safeguards against misclassification claims. For business leaders, it unlocks the ability to scale a flexible talent model with reduced operational and regulatory risk. The partnership also benefits workers by fostering transparent, fair, and properly classified engagements.
The collaboration represents a critical evolution in workforce management tools, designed for the present reality of blended workforces. By aligning classification validation with screening workflows, it removes friction from hiring while strengthening organizational risk controls. Leadership from both companies emphasizes that this is a necessary step to allow businesses to adapt to new talent models safely and sustainably, protecting them as they navigate an increasingly complex global regulatory landscape.
The strategic partnership between Independently.ai and DISA Global Solutions provides a comprehensive answer to one of the most pressing issues in modern HR and corporate operations. As reliance on independent talent becomes permanent, this combined solution offers a proactive, technology-driven framework to harness the benefits of a flexible workforce while systematically mitigating its inherent legal and financial dangers.
About Independently.ai
Independently.ai is an AI-driven workforce compliance and talent technology company helping organizations confidently engage independent contractors, freelancers, and global talent. Operating across more than 54 countries, Independently.ai validates worker classification to reduce misclassification risk, regulatory exposure, and operational complexity in the modern workforce.
About DISA Global Solutions
DISA Global Solutions is a leading provider of background screening, drug and alcohol testing, and workforce compliance services. Serving organizations worldwide, DISA helps employers build safe, compliant, and trusted workforces through accurate, reliable, and scalable screening solutions.
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