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Florida Workers Compensation compliance

2005-09-04T23:57:00.000-07:00

From the Florida Division of Workers' Compensation Website

An employer engaged in the construction industry that employs one or more part or full time employees or an employer in the non-construction industry that employs 4 or more part or full time employees must have Florida workers’ compensation insurance. Employee includes: Corporate officers, and for construction industry employers, limited liability company members 440.02(9), sole proprietors, and partners. Corporate officers, which for construction industry employers, include s a member of a limited liability company are eligible to elect to be exempt from the provisions of Chapter 440.
An employer in the construction industry shall require any sub-contractor who sub-contracts work from an employer to provide evidence of Florida workers’ compensation insurance. If the sub-contractor has a valid exemption, then the sub-contractor shall also provide a copy of his or her certificate of exemption to the employer 440.10 (c).
A change in job duties performed by employees or an increase in the amount of payroll of a business must be reported to the insurance company.
If an employer has secured workers’ compensation coverage for his or her employees by entering into an employee leasing arrangement, the employer must specifically identify coverage for each and every employee. The employer must notify the employee leasing company of the names of all the covered employees and any additional employees that are working on a jobsite that may have been excluded from the employee leasing arrangement. Any change in job duties performed by the employees must also be reported to the employee leasing company.

You can read more about Workers Compensation at Mr.WorkersComp.com

What is Employee Leasing?

2005-09-04T23:50:00.000-07:00

Professional employer organizations (PEOs) formerly known as "Employee Leasing" enable clients to cost-effectively outsource the management of human resources, employee benefits, payroll and workers' compensation. PEO clients focus on their core competencies to maintain and grow their bottom line.

Businesses today need help managing increasingly complex employee related matters such as health benefits, workers' compensation claims, payroll, payroll tax compliance, and unemployment claims. They contract with a PEO to assume these responsibilities and provide expertise in human resources management. This allows the PEO client to concentrate on the operational and revenue-producing side of its operations.
A PEO provides integrated services to effectively manage critical human resource responsibilities and employer risks for clients. A PEO delivers these services by establishing and maintaining a co-employer relationship with the employees at the client's worksite and by contractually assuming certain employer rights, responsibilities, and risk.

You can read more about employee leasing and why it's good for small businesses at these websites:

Jerry Rhodes and Associates

National Association of Professional Employer Organizations

Paypal alternatives: do you have one?

2005-06-22T14:47:00.000-07:00

Merle is the author of a book containing a lot of "must know" resources for small businesses, including alternatives to the popular Paypal web based payment system. Excerpts from the book were published by the Site Pro News Newsletter on his June 20th edition
I've worked with Paypal for five years now, and it's been good to me so far, however, I heard stories from customers whose Paypal accounts were frozen for some months due to reasons not always very clear to them.
Paypal is an unexpensive online payment gateway allowing members to start accepting credit cards online, and can be integrated and any shopping cart.
Would you like to share your experiences with Paypal? Click the "comments" link below to leave your comments or start a conversation.

A lunch for your customers?

2005-06-20T23:43:00.000-07:00

Althoug not entirely new, this is a great idea posted by John Jantsch at Duct Tape Marketing blog

Business networking meetings happen everyday in every major city in the US, however, doing it for your own customers is a completely different scenario when you are a SB entrepreneur and you have no one but yourself to rely on when it comes to organize the venue.

Comments? Ideas? Post them here.

Dropped calls on your cell? Here's the answer!

2005-06-20T15:08:00.000-07:00

Tired of those ugly dead spots in your cell phone calls? Try this article by Sam Schechner about Cellular Repeaters at Slate and let me know what you think.

51 ways to build your homebased business company

2005-06-20T14:39:00.000-07:00

Rule 21 at this article published at www.entrepreneur.com

"21. Consider a Web site. Even if you don't have a product that can be effectively sold over the Internet, a Web site can help establish your presence, providing customers and suppliers with information about your company and what you have to offer. Including a Web address on your marketing materials sends a message that your company is a sophisticated, forward-thinking operation."

Posted by Frances Huffman at http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,228155,00.html

Well, I agree :). Nowadays, a website is a must for every small company, even home based business. What do you think?

Creating Spam-Free E-Mail

2005-06-20T14:29:00.001-07:00

I've just found this, written by Gail F. Goodman in www.entrepreneur.com, a website dedicated to help small businesses in Florida:

"We all get spam in our inboxes--unwanted, fraudulent, illegal e-mail from anonymous senders pushing cheap pharmaceuticals, no-questions-asked credit, even pornography. Spammers must think we're all broke, in pain, impotent or worse. No one wants their legitimate commercial e-mail communications to be confused with this junk."

Since all of us deal with SPAM everyday, I found it quite interesting and innovative.

You can read more at http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,321646,00.html