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The New York State (NYS) Workers Compensation Board (WCB) is the administrative state agency charged with ensuring employees injured at work receive the treatment and wage replacement benefits they …
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(Updated from 07/04/2019) I love free trials as much as the next person. Maybe it started at Baskin-Robbins, where we got those tiny spoons to taste the 31 flavors. (Apparently, you can't sample …
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(Updated from original post on 04/04/2016): Notice that I said workers, not employees. I know you have been reading the articles online and in entrepreneur magazines that imply (if not directly …
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(Updated from 09/14/2017) After Nance lost her Director of Marketing position, she worked for a major healthcare company through a temporary staffing agency. She was in her 20s and had limited work …
(Updated from the original post on 01/20/2020): Worker Misclassification occurs when a person or entity classifies a worker as a non-employee. Regardless of whether this was an intentional act, the …
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(Updated from 12/20/2021) Each time I read an article that encourages readers to use independent contractors instead of employees to build their new businesses, I cringe. It's not that independent …
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Like many of the freelancers who contact me, Francisco was referred by his accountant. He had been served with a penalty notice from the New York State Workers Compensation Board because he did not …
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Regardless of how many days have passed since you received a penalty notice from the New York State Workers Compensation Board, our goal is to respond quickly, even if it’s simply to acknowledge the …
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(Originally posted 07/07/2017, but still very relevant today) Nance was asked by the National Federation of Independent Business ("NFIB") what small businesses should consider when hiring unpaid …
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(Updated from 10/05/2018) Freelancing has been common in many industries for as long as most of us can remember. I am effectively a freelance arbitrator, attorney, coach, mediator, trainer, and …
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