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1099 vs W-2: The difference between employees and contractors

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1099 workers also are not generally paid through regular payroll and do not typically have taxes withheld from their checks or deposits. If you are paying someone through your normal employee payroll process with income tax withholdings, you typically need to send them a W-2. Booth copies must be sent out by January 31. Control number.

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New DOL bulletin — Compensable break time for remote employees

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Back in 2020, the Department of Labor released a Field Assistance Bulletin to its investigators, which concluded that an employee who worked in the office, ran errands during the afternoon, and continued working at home didn’t need to be paid for the time she was running errands because it was personal time.