How to talk to a company as a prospective contractor vs. employee?

I worked for a company part-time for 2 years while I was a student. The first year I earned $1,000 the second year(2006) I earned $15,000. The company gave me 1099-MISC instead of ...show more

Problem: I interviewed for a job in State A that offered a salary of $40,000 plus Medical Benefits. The estimated value of the Medical Benefits is $6000. The company then ...show more

For the first 14 months of a position, I was employed (W-2) by company A that placed me in another company B to work full-time as a programmer. Company A would bill company B for my salary. After 14 months I became a permanent employee (W-2) of company...

Supposedly I'm an Independent Contractor. But I never signed a contract. I began working for my most recent employer in early 2005, brought in through a temp agency. I was formally hired 6 months later as a full-time employee with health benefits, vacation...

This will be an online retail company. I want to hire someone to take care of order fulfillment/shipping. When an order comes in, he will be notified by email (or he can also login to a website to check the orders). What can I do to make sure he will...

I work for a small company where employees are chronically lax about completing their weekly time sheets.  Payroll is now threatening to withhold pay for salaried employees who don't complete their time sheets correctly - is this legal?   Is the situation...

Contractor who works for me is a nice guy - reasonable, good sense of humor, can work out problems in a sensible way. Except when he turns into an arrogant, mean tantrum throwing bully. What is the best way to deal with this? My small business has merged...

I'm doing a literature survey on what causes people to behave in certain ways when their loyalties conflict. I'm at a loss for literature on the subject so I'm asking for help finding online papers and dissertations on the subject. Basically personal...

On Tuesday I drove across country to start a new role in the Bay Area. Prior to this I was working on a year-long contract which wasn't renewed. During the interview process I was looking for a full time role, but was convinced that this was a good opportunity...