The number of people working from home has skyrocketed over the past few years — and it’s a trend that’s seemingly here to stay.

While this has many benefits for both employees and employers alike, it’s important for employers to also consider liability issues that accompany an increasingly remote workforce. Barbara Weltman, President of Big Ideas for Small Business Inc., joins this edition of Expert Insights to discuss these liabilities and how to address them.

Specifically, Barbara explains three crucial liability areas: personal injury, data security, and validating that an employee is actually working. She also discusses tax complications that may arise, which is especially relevant when employees work in different states.

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Welcome to BizFilings Expert Insights.

Greg Corombos: Hi, I'm Greg Corombos. Our guest in this edition of Expert Insights is Barbara Weltman. She is the President of Big Ideas for Small Business, Inc. Today, we're going to get her thoughts on what small business owners need to know about liability issues for employees who work from home. And Barbara, thanks, as always, for being with us.

Barbara Weltman: Well, thanks for having me.

GC: Well, we talked about this issue back in 2019, when you were writing about the liability issue for people working at home — for business owners. And obviously, a lot has changed since then. For example, when you wrote back then you said 17% of workers work from home full time. But 66%, even then, did some...

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