If you are a business owner, then, you are familiar with the increase in regulations and the complexity of running a business. Keeping a business in compliance is more and more difficult due to the fast pace of law changes from different Federal, State and Local government entities and the allocation of more funding for
The New York State Department of Labor has a special program called " Shared Work CLICK HERE " to support NY business with a slowdown, so the employee work reduced hours receiving wages and also collecting some of the unemployment benefits. This program allows: Save Labor Dollars - Adjust employee hours as needed. Employees working reduced hours
The designation of Employee (w2) vs Independent contractor (1099) is not up to the free will of the parties. It has to follow regulations released by the IRS, DOL, and State authorities. Some business owners might consider that independent contractors might be less costly as there is no employer portion, no payroll processing fees, no workers
