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How to Blow up Your Business with Independent Contractors and Interns

By Nina Kaufman, Esq.

Listen to the Episode Below: You need the help and want to grow, but changes to minimum wage and salary laws make hiring employees really unattractive, don’t they? But independent contractors and interns come with their own minefields. How can you build and grow without hurting your wallet or breaking your bottom line? On this episode, employment attorney Howard Matalon, Esq. shares how to walk that fine line so you can expand your business without expanding your liabilities. How to Blow Up Your Business with Independent Contractors and Interns…  Hire for non-core business reasons. An independent contractor is not an employee. They are skilled specialists hired for specific tasks outside of your core business–even with long-term assignments. They must be able to start and complete their work with little to no direction from you or other managers. Screen for independence. Look for contractors who have their own business entity, advertise under their own brand, and work for multiple clients at any one time. Protect against random audits. Most independent contractor audits hit the Department of Labor’s radar “innocently”–your contractor…

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Nina Kaufman

Flying solo doesn’t have to mean going it alone.

I’m Nina Kaufman.

I know first-hand that running a knowledge-based service business has unique challenges. It’s so much easier when you have an advocate in your corner. Over the past 25 years, I’ve worked with thousands of New York business professionals who want a legal advisor to guide and support them as they navigate the business world.

With wide-ranging experience as a business attorney, strategist, and media authority, I bring the added power of a business lens to the legal issues my clients are facing.

And because I’ve been a business owner myself, I’ve lived through the soaring highs and devastating lows – like when my first law firm failed. So I understand what’s involved to serve great clients, detect business risks early and build a true legacy.

I can’t get those 12 years back. That’s why I have made it my mission to ensure that business professionals like you can become wise and discerning leaders, build a solid business, and live your best life.