SChinFChin;263301]About half of the reps working at the "trading company" were independent contractors. They're commission based, and half work from their homes.
but that does not neccessarily make them an independent contractor.



I thought I was clear that I'm JUST commenting on his thoughts that "he's forced to do COLLECTIONS".
That's fine but as an contractor, and not an employee, he has not been contracted to do collections yet the company is refusing to pay him as contracted. Personally, I would not neccessarily have problems doing collections but since that is beyond his contract, I would have a seperate contract (and subsequent billing to the company) for the additional services.

Fine!! Don't do it, argue about contract rights, and then he also has the right to hit the road. Yeh, he can do his mechanics lien collect a few dollars on it, and have the work subcontracted to someone else, because they just can't afford him. With him, and others like him, they'll have to hire "bill collectors".
this is getting way off what the guy is contracted to do. Look at it in a more open way. If this guy was a carpenter subcontracted to a general contractor, not only would he not be required to collect but he would have no legal ability to collect without the GC either hiring him to perform such duties or assigning the debt to him and then he could do as he wished with it. In many states (haven;t checked OP's), a collector must be licensed as a collector. Since this guy is an independent contractor and not an empoyee, he would have to have the requisite licensing to collect on behalf of the company.

I have gone though this change, where reps gets paid regardless,
but he is not a rep. He is a seperate company perfoming an action he was hired to do. Not only is it not part of his contract, it may not even be legal for him to act as a collector.

a real quick look at Georgia's statutes appears to support the fact that licensing is required. If true, OP cannot legally collect unless he has the proper licensing. This is not his bill he is collecting, it is the company's that he is contracted to.