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A Freelancer’s Guide to Business Insurance: What You Need to Know

Success

“The case eventually ended up being thrown out,” Gobel says, “but not before I ended up with a $1,500 legal fee.” As a freelancer or independent contractor, you may think your business is too small to need insurance. Client contracts sometimes even require you to have freelance business insurance.

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Going solo: 3 quick ways to jumpstart your own legal practice

Ruby

Professional expenses such as licensing fees, insurance, and membership dues can add up fast. You’ll also need to buy computers, printers, phones, a scanner, dictation recorders, legal software, and client relationship management software. To learn the details, check out Clio’s key benefits for your firm! #3:

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Workers’ compensation for remote employees: a guide

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For example: An employee having a busy day at the computer who feels a strain in their shoulder or elbow at day’s end may have a compensable claim, depending on the state, because they can claim they were injured while doing their job. What should you do when an employee tells you they’ve been hurt on the job at home?

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Is your employee wellness program up to par?

Insperity

Their benefits include: Healthier employees, which can help companies contain health insurance costs Less absenteeism and, therefore, greater productivity Higher morale A sense among employees that their employer cares about them in a holistic manner – beyond their functional role at work – which can strengthen loyalty and improve retention.

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Can AI improve one of the most expensive (and boring) parts of work?

Work Life

She was the insurance biller, or she ran the payroll, and I observed her calculating the payroll taxes by hand,” he says. LLMs hallucinate at least 58% of the time, struggle to predict their own hallucinations, and often uncritically accept users’ incorrect legal assumptions,” Ho and his colleagues write.

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update: my company won’t pay us if we don’t install spy software on our personal computers

Ask a Manager

Remember the letter-writer whose company wouldn’t pay them if they didn’t install spy software on their personal computers ? I told HR point blank that the software could not and would not be installed on my personal computer. Again, because we were all working on personal computers it seemed like a really bad idea.

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Contacting employees on leave: What are the rules and best practices?

Insperity

There are no legal requirements to keep in touch with workers while they’re out on leave. They can also reach out about changes that may impact the employee, such as reminders about open enrollment periods for health insurance. Contacting employees on leave isn’t required, but it’s a good idea. Some ways to do this include: 1.

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