Finding and keeping good employees is one of the most difficult aspects of running a successful business. When my business clients discuss their biggest challenges and frustrations, employment-related issues and employment law issues are almost always at the top of their list.
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One of the most interesting things about employment law is that it is constantly evolving, largely depending on which political party controls the federal and state government agencies that set and enforce employment policies. This can be really frustrating, however, for employers who don’t have time to keep up with every new legal development.
A good portion of my workday is spent discussing employment-related legal issues with small and mid-size business owners. The purpose of this article is to summarize two of the more common employment law issues that Arizona business owners deal with.
To paraphrase a famous line from Hamlet: “to 1099, or not to 1099, that is the question.” One of the threshold decisions that every business faces when hiring a worker is whether to classify that worker as an employee (W-2) or as an independent contractor (1099-MISC). This is a very important decision, and if made incorrectly, can have severe consequences down the road.
Over the past decade, state and federal government agencies have strongly focused on rooting out worker misclassification issues. That is because...
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