Less than two months remain before the March 11 effective date of the U.S. Department of Labor’s independent contractor final rule, and legal challenges are mounting. DOL unveiled the rule, which ...

Below you will find basic information based on IRS guidelines to consider when thinking about independent contractors. If you have questions, please contact Human Resources at (207) 786-6140 or hrdept ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s independent contractor final rule eluded — temporarily, at least — lawsuits seeking to block it ahead of its effective date Monday, giving rise to several compliance ...

International workforce expansion is no longer reserved for multinational enterprises with decades of global experience. Today, startups, scale-ups, and mid-sized companies are hiring across borders ...

The difference between an employee and an independent contractor is more than just paperwork. It affects your access to health benefits, paid leave, job protections, and taxes. If you’re working ...

With no clear guidance and different factors being given different weight by different courts, employers have struggled for years with whether workers can be properly classified as independent ...

Imagine being hired in a position where you’re paid a salary, but you’re also told that you will be paid for overtime. If human resources kept changing the rules about how you would be compensated for ...

Good team members can bring new ideas and motivate other employees to work hard. As a business grows, a very important decision it faces is whether to hire employees or outsource tasks and ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Remofirst today announced expanded functionality for its HR solution to help organizations easily manage and pay independent contractors in more than 150 countries, and ...

At first glance, it may seem like an easy decision for an employer to make. A business needs to hire a new worker but prefers not to have to pay overtime wages, provide group health or workers’ ...