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meetings as mutually agreed upon by petitioner and Dr. Bianco;
conduct staff meetings as needed for corporate communications and
human resource development personnel; prepare the annual report
for CTI, including coordinating the annual shareholder meeting
and activities related thereto; manage and oversee CTI’s Internet
and Intranet websites; provide weekly contact with public
relations groups in the industry; interview and hire additional
staff for the corporate communications department; and perform
additional services as agreed upon by petitioner and CTI. The
agreement specified that “The parties hereto are acting as
independent contractors. Consultant will be responsible for and
will pay all taxes related to the receipt of payments hereunder
and shall give reasonable proof and supporting documents, if
reasonably requested, to verify the payment of such taxes.”
The agreement stated that petitioner would be paid for her
services at the rate of $175 per hour and that she would work no
more than 1,000 hours during the 1-year term of the agreement
unless she and CTI agreed otherwise. The agreement also stated
that CTI would pay for petitioner’s participation in health and
dental plans for the term of the agreement; CTI paid for that
participation under a plan that covered former employees. The
agreement also stated that petitioner was entitled to receive
reimbursement of her preapproved reasonable out-of-pocket
business expenses (e.g., food, lodging, air and ground travel)
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