Comment by usernamepc

Like many others have mentioned, the client companies don't want to be involved in hiring 1099s directly because of the liability (lookup google/odesk). What our startup http://www.oncontracting.com is doing instead is making the staffing space more transparent and empowering contractors with information- so you can lookup the various preferred staffing agencies that service certain clients and then shop among them to go with whoever charges the lowest markup.