Hot answers tagged contractor
9
Section 274 felonies under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, INA 274A(a)(1)(A):
A person (including a group of persons, business, organization, or local government) commits a federal felony when she or he:
assists an alien s/he should reasonably know is illegally in the U.S. or who lacks employment authorization, by transporting, sheltering, or ...
9
If all work done on the website is owned by your company then unless there is some specific part of the contract he is quoting it sounds like he's out of luck. That said, if you are able to make a backup of any files pertaining to the website, do so ASAP.
You can try threatening him with legal action, in which case:
Get as much evidence ASAP, before you ...
7
You can't, except by contract.
You are worrying about the wrong thing, thought. If your business plan contemplates hiring a couple of developers, letting them design your product and then firing them, you are in more trouble you realize. Just wait until the first bug appears after your original team is gone.
Edit:
You seem to be worried because what ...
3
Get a good template services agreement. (Feel free to contact me through my profile and I will send you one) This agreement should lay out your legal position as an independent contractor, scope of services, financial responsibilities, and payment structure.
You have less rights as a contractor than as an employee. You are not the boss now. They are still ...
3
The developer estimates it will take 100 hours. It will therefore take 300. During the 300 hours the end result will suffer from feature creep as you see it evolve and show it to people and you'll ask for things to be added / done differently.
Ultimately, he'll be sucked into the business doing far more without pay then both of your originally intend. I ...
3
There is no legal reason why you cannot be employed and self employed.
You will need to register as self employed and, I would suggest, notify your current employer though that is not a legal requirement outside of anything in your employment contract.
You will need to do self assessment each year and you will also need to start paying Class 2 (currently ...
2
I am not sure if this is law, but considering background checks aren't cheap, i'd ask for the candidates consent. The first reason is to be covered by law, the second reason, if the candidate refuses to grant consent or vanishes, I just saved myself a ton of money, once on the background check itself, second on having a potentially bad employee.
2
Take this for granted. There is almost nothing you can do to make your code/idea(s) 100% protected. That too only if you can catch them stealing your idea/code.
But allow me to propose a fail proof setup for you ;) :
Set up a few computers and secure/encrypt the hdds.
Make sure none
the computers can connect to the internet but only to a local
computer ...
2
Issuing alone is not a problem, but there are tax complications involved. Your corporation is required to withhold on the employee's stock option compensation upon exercise depending on whether your company is "engaged in trade or business within the United States" (ETBUS), which it presumably is.
Employers generally withhold on portion of spread allocable ...
2
Try to find a standard, boring, tried-and-true way to structure your agreement.
In this case it sounds like you're proposing to be a salesperson.
So I would propose a base salary (it can be as low as zero) and commission rate, with, perhaps some bonuses for meeting certain targets. There are many, many different ways salespeople are paid, but it's usually ...
1
It really depends on the contract you signed when you started working there, and what kind of relationship you have with the company you work for and the independent contractors.
Many companies make you sign a contract when you're hired that won't allow you to work with their business connections for up to a designated period of time after you leave the ...
1
As you have stated yourself
To save me years of learning something the long way, I currently search online for information on who does the service and how they do it.
You actually may not be able to get at how they do it because without the person telling you their methods it will take you years of following them around to figure this out (if they even let ...
1
The best way would be to contract them or go through an agency like Manpower that actually already have offices in the country where your artists live.
The reasons for that are not just the tax situation but also labor laws:
In the US for example you cannot legally hire someone who doesn't have a legal immigration status in the United States so before ...
1
The short answer is it depends on where you are located and the services performed.
For example in Delaware (since many have Del. corporations) there is a gross receipt tax:
Delaware does not impose a state or local sales tax, but does impose a
gross receipts tax on the seller of goods (tangible or otherwise) or
provider of services in the state. ...
1
Can't find the same info for Brazil, but here is the exact same question asked by a contractor in Switzherland, and here is another one.
Based on the best I can figure you issue a 1099 to both and they file with IRS form 1042 and based on the Double Taxation treaties existing between US and Brazil and US and Switzerland they will get credit for any taxes ...
1
Hmn, "background check", that's a bit vague and doesn't describe what kind of information is actually gathered. There is an industry of 'private investigators' who actually don't do anything other than gather information from public sources. Given that the words "background check" don't accurately explain which information is actually gathered, I don't see ...
1
Since you have dealt with this firm before (as an employee) and have a track record where they messed with you, then you should approach this cautiously and protect yourself.
No matter how good a contract you write, if a dispute arises and they owe you money it can be very expensive to take them to court to collect. A rule I have always followed when doing ...
1
You may need to register with the Revenue as self employed: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/selfemployed/register-selfemp.htm
I've no idea if that's also applicable to part time self-employment, but if you don't register and need to there's the usual Revenue automated fine - so best check with a quick phone call to an accountant. If I remember correctly you can ...
1
One thing to thing about is what if it goes wrong? What if he doesn't work out (for whatever reason, you or him at fault is unimportant) what are the consequences?
Could this effect your relationship with your GF (or your GF relationship with her friend?)
Because of the above will this cloud your judgement? Its always mentally very tough 'letting someone ...
1
I've been in a similar position. The things I look for in someone who doesn't necessarily have the computing skillset exactly are strong teamwork, good work ethics and good maths skills.
The problem with CS courses (and if that's the OU CS course he's studying this is even more true, I know because I've done a number of the components) in the UK, at least, ...
1
Since you are just employed by the company and not a founder/shareholder, then your question is not startup-specific. Given your current situation, working for a low salary in exchange of a lump sum of money in case they succeed and sell the company does not make sense. I'd say if you're not happy with your work and/or salary just go and find another ...
1
First off, the reason people call themselves contractors is because they sign a contract to do a job. Not doing so is risky for both you and your client. Get one today, that spells out the expectations, termination conditions, terms for payment, etc.
Next, you don't sign a 1099, you are given one at the end of the year. That is also sent to the IRS to ...
Only top voted, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
