Congratulations!  Your business is growing and you’ve decided that you need to have people working evenings, nights, and weekends.  Since your employees will be working ‘off hours’, you are going to give them a higher wage… a shift differential.  You decide that they will get $0.10/hr more for evenings, $0.15/hr more for nights, and $0.20/hr […]

Having done contract work, newcomers to the field often ask me the age-old question… “How much should I ask for?” The employer wants to pay the least, the employee/contractor aims for the most. All too often one party or the other brings up the rate question far too early in the conversation. If there is […]

You are looking for a new opportunity and find a project that piques your interest. Suddenly, you are asked, “Do you prefer W-2 or 1099?” What are they talking about? Which should you pick? Let’s take a look… When most people go to work, they are in a long term job. They work for a […]