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Scale Your Installation Business & Mitigate Risk

Openforce was created specifically to help contracting companies streamline independent contractor (1099) workforce operations, while reducing compliance, insurance, and payment gaps. We've had 24+ years to learn and foolproof our software and services! 

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Recognized as the #1 independent contractor management platform, Openforce crushes compliance landmines, shuts down insurance nightmares, and ends payment chaos, giving contracting companies the power to scale safely.

THE CORE PROBLEMS & SOLUTION FOR INSTALLATION COMPANIES

COMPLIANCE LANDMINES

If you're managing 1099 installers with software created for W2 employees, you could be 1 audit away from disaster. Over the past decade, misclassified workers have surged due to enforcement crackdowns & nuclear verdicts.

An estimated 10–30% of employers misclassify workers, while laws like AB5 & the ABC test have improved detection & reporting. The average penalty per misclassified worker is $25,000. Multiple that by the 3 of ICs, and that is your exposure amount. For example, 50 ICs equals $1.25M in exposure.  

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Our software was built to mitigate risk! Our baked in audit trail captures every decision made by an independent contractor to provide the proof needed to prove independence and separation. 
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Custom workflows help contracting companies onboard compliant ICs fast. Our platform includes a full suite of compliance tools: identity verification, background checks, MVR monitoring, COI tracking, expiring document management, contract execution, and a complete worker-classification audit trail.

INSURANCE NIGHTMARES

You can’t track multiple certificates of insurance (COIs) manually, and the moment coverage lapses, your liability spikes. One gap is all it takes to lose a major client that requires proof of insurance or, worse, expose your business to catastrophic financial risk.

Common insurance vulnerabilities include ICs operating without proper coverage or carrying policies with gaps between jobs, expired or noncompliant COIs that slip past manual reviews, and increasing demands from big-box clients who require proof of insurance for every installer on every job. Coverage is often too costly or inconsistent for ICs to maintain reliably, and when insurance fails, injury, property damage, or defect claims can fall back on the hiring company.

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Installation work can create property damage, injury, and misclassification risk, so our goal is to help you cover: 

  1. The IC doing the work through Occupational Accident (OccAcc). This insurance provides an IC alternative to workers’ compensation. If an installer gets injured on the job (cut hand, fall, back injury), OccAcc covers medical and lost wages without pulling the company into a WC claim or misclassification dispute.
  2. The customer’s home through General Liability (GL). This insurance covers property damage or bodily injury caused by the installer while working in a customer’s home. A damaged floor, broken window, water leak, or injury claim can easily exceed $10k–$50k.

PAYMENT CHAOS

Managing IC payments manually creates chronic delays, errors, and compliance risks. When payments aren’t accurate or on time, crews churn, jobs get missed, and cash-flow disruptions ripple across the business. Without automated, compliant payment infrastructure, growth stalls and financial risk skyrockets.

Key payment challenges include difficulty ensuring accurate, timely IC payments and staying compliant with 1099s, deductions, and withholdings. Cash-flow disruptions and long payout cycles leave crews waiting for days, driving turnover and missed work. High fraud risk arises from bank-detail changes, payment diversion, or gaps in manual approvals, while scaling becomes difficult as bookkeeping, reconciliations, deductions, and payouts turn into a full-time job.

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Our Pay Module helps contracting companies scale by eliminating the bookkeeping, reconciliations, and manual deductions that can become a full-time job. It offers multiple payment options, including next-day pay, custom deductions, automated 1099 tax forms, and secure banking through our Plaid integration.

ONE PLATFORM. THREE PROBLEMS SOLVED.

For a limited time, we're offering an exclusive bundled package built specifically for installation companies. It includes everything you need to crush compliance risk, shut down insurance gaps, and streamline payments, at discounted pricing:​

  • Compliance: identify verification, background screening, MVR monitoring, COI monitoring, expiring doc management, contract execution, and worker-classification audit trail.​
  • Insurance Products: GL and OccAcc,​
  • Pay Module multiple pay options including next day pay, custom deductions, 1099 tax forms, banking security (Plaid integration) ​

​Ready to protect your business, accelerate installs, and scale without fear?

Is Your Independent Contractor (IC) Model Built to Survive an Audit?

Many businesses that rely on independent contractors, including installation businesses, don’t see their compliance gaps until it’s too late, when an audit, accident, or demand letter suddenly exposes them to liability.

To find out whether your IC model is good, average, or poor, take the Independent Contractor Self-Defense Audit. Your score will be delivered instantly to the email you provide.

Need help interpreting your results?
Even well-designed IC programs can have hidden weaknesses. A quick review with Worker Classification Experts can help validate what you’re doing right and pinpoint opportunities to strengthen your IC vendor compliance posture.

For a limited time, we’re offering free risk review sessions. Book your session while availability lasts.