By 2016, likely every business and every industry will be affected by the proposed changes to the overtime laws in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In fact, according to the Department of Labor, 11 million employees will be impacted. Though not all these...
What is Workers Compensation? Workers Compensation is a form of insurance that employers pay to cover employees who suffer work-related injuries. Employees can file a claim and receive all necessary medical care for the work-related injury as well as...
An employee and an independent contractor can both perform the same job or service, but their relationship with the employer or business owner that pays them is quite different. The main difference between hiring an employee and using an independent contractor to...
Hiring your first employee is exciting, but confusing. It opens the door to numerous new requirements and payroll concerns. What do you need to do now that you are employing people? Before you can hire your first employee, you must set up an EIN Your Employee...
