thread Re: Square Appointments + Square Payroll for Independent Contractors in Staff & Payroll

Square Appointments + Square Payroll for Independent Contractors

OlyEsty — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 06:38:09 GMT

I am a solo business owner of a skincare services company and am considering having an independent contractor come in when I am not in the office to perform services (setting own hours, pricing, work schedule). In Square Appointments I see that I can add her as a team member, allow for bookings, and even include a commission setting (to set her up with Square Payroll for IC), but does that mean she will need to use my account to process payments and have access to seeing my schedule and also all my sales reports? I'm not keen on that, so is there a way to still have her be able to book appointments through my square appointments as a team member yet collect payments from the appointments she takes on her own and have my commission from those services automatically sent to my square account so she is truly an independent contractor? I see on government websites that if payments are controlled by the business owner and not the independent contractor, they can be considered employee status and I don't want to get in trouble! Thank you in advance for clarifying!

Re: Square Appointments + Square Payroll for Independent Contractors

MayaP — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 20:05:40 GMT

Hey there @OlyEsty I completely understand your concerns. It sounds like you are wanting to set up Team Management for this employee. Once you set up their profile and settings they can take payments and book from their own device and the funds will still get sent to your bank account. Is this what you are looking for? I hope so!

Re: Square Appointments + Square Payroll for Independent Contractors

OlyEsty — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:06:59 GMT

Thank you MayaP, I am also wondering if she will be able to connect to my contactless & chip reader too?

Re: Square Appointments + Square Payroll for Independent Contractors

MayaP — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:41:24 GMT

I don't have a way to set up the contactless reader on my end. Please follow these steps to get your contactless reader connected. If you have any issues please let us know, or you can reach Customer Support at 1-855-700-6000 squ.re/contactsqsupport. Thank you!