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Health Benefit Options for Freelancers and Independent Consultants
By Stephanie Larkin · 15 years ago
Freelance workers, independent consultants and independent contractors enjoy many advantages. Their schedules are flexible, they set their own agenda, and with a little planning, they can take extended time off. However, while these benefits can ...
The Baby Boomer Brain Drain, Hiring Back Retired Workers Safely
By Stephanie Larkin · 15 years ago
With 77 million baby boomers reaching retirement, and half of the middle to upper management in this country reaching retirement age in the next five years, our country is soon to lose many of its ...
Contractor Reclassification Risk- Are You Misclassifying Your Workers?
By Stephanie Larkin · 15 years ago
The process of misclassifying workers, or treating workers as independent contractors when they should be considered employees, is a serious problem. The situation is a particular problem in the IT field and other "white collar" ...
How An Independent Consultant Can Get Business Insurance
By Stephanie Larkin · 15 years ago
One challenge with freelancing and independent consultant work that you may not have considered is securing business insurance. Business insurance will protect you and your business against unfortunate mistakes and mishaps. There are a number ...
Advantages of W-2 Employment
By Stephanie Larkin · 15 years ago
There are some reasons an individual would choose self-employment over working for someone else, but not everyone is willing to take on the problems and stress of owning a business. For some, the notion of ...
Why Freelance? The Advantages of W-2 versus 1099
By Stephanie Larkin · 16 years ago
The term "freelance" comes from the works of Sir Walter Scott and refers to traveling knights offering their services in battle to noblemen for a fee. This colorful designation is now used for independent contractors ...
Important Tax Information for Independent Contractors
By Stephanie Larkin · 16 years ago
Being your own boss is certainly rewarding, bu few people think about the extra work of preparing invoices and tax forms. Independent contractors need to be aware that being independent of the client company is ...