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- Employment Law Guide
Wisconsin considers different factors to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under its workers compensation law and unemployment insurance law. This guide provides an in-depth review of Wisconsin employment law requirements with respect to independent contractors.
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- Legal Timetable
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- Employment Law Guide
Maryland's wage and hour law exempts from its minimum wage and/or overtime requirements certain employees, including executives, administrators, professionals and computer employees. This guide provides an in-depth review of Maine employment law requirements with respect to employee classification, including minimum salary levels and other exemption criteria.
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- Legal Timetable
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- How To
This How To details the steps a prudent employer should take to reclassify an independent contractor or group of independent contractors as employees.
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- How To
This How To details the steps a prudent employer should take to manage independent contractors effectively, including setting clear expectations about the project's scope, budget and timeline; keeping the lines of communication open; and paying independent contractors promptly so that they will want to do business again.
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- How To
This How To details the steps a prudent employer should take when hiring independent contractors, which can provide an employer with cost savings in salary and benefits and give staffing flexibility to address temporary projects or demands.
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- Checklists
This checklist may be used to perform due diligence on an independent contractor to confirm that the independent contractor runs a real business and is not an employee in disguise. Genuine independent contractors should be able to demonstrate that they operate a business by providing the employer with basic documentation.
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- Posters and Notices
As mandated by the Illinois Department of Labor, all construction contractors hiring independent contractors must post the Illinois Employee Classification Act of 2008 Poster.
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- Posters and Notices
As mandated by the New Hampshire Department of Labor, every employer covered by state wage and hour law must post the New Hampshire Criteria to Establish an Employee or Independent Contractor Poster.