Does that $0.9/65 Independent Contractor job come with food stamps?/sm
Posted By: radmt on 2008-03-08
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Does that $0.9/65 Independent Contractor job come with food stamps?
INDEPENDANT CONTRACTOR |
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EXPENSES |
$0.09/65 |
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$0.11/65 |
lines/8 hr day/40 hr wk |
1200 |
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1200 |
$/day |
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$108.00 |
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$132.00 |
$/wk |
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$540.00 |
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$660.00 |
$/yr |
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$28,080.00 |
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$34,320.00 |
Health Ins @ 60+ |
$12,000.00 |
$16,080.00 |
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$22,320.00 |
2 wk off/pd vac/PDO |
$1,080.00 |
$15,000.00 |
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$21,240.00 |
op costs |
$1,200.00 |
$13,800.00 |
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$20,040.00 |
minus taxes |
$2,760.00 |
$2,760.00 |
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$4,008.00 |
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$17,040.00 |
$11,040.00 |
NET |
$16,032.00 |
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Transcender who doesn't want to go on food stamps
How is Spheris as an employer? Are they hiring? Are they fair? Do they have benefits? Can someone make a decent living there? If their employees give them everything they've got, is Spheris loyal to them? TIA. 
Sadly, I make $300 too much to get Food Stamps
I was going to bite the bullet and get them. So obviously I'm overpaid. Time to switch companies.
Independent contractor
I hope I'm on the right board here. Can someone tell me the perks of being an IC? Is it just that you can set your own hours? What does being an IC consist of? Do you pay all your own taxes, SocSec, etc? I've always been an employee and exploring new opportunities, but from what I see being an IC looks like a pain, with no benefits!! Thanks!
Independent Contractor..........nm
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Independent Contractor
Can any of you IC's give me some info on what it is like to be an IC? I know you get paid by the line, but how many lines do you generally average a day/hour? Is there always a lot of work to keep you busy? Also, do you get to choose what hours you want to work instead of having set hours like you do as an employee? I just got hired by Terra Nova and would love any feedback on them as well. Thanks!
Independent Contractor
Thanks for the relys! If you don't mind me asking, which company do you work for? Is it a national company? It sounds like a great job!
Independent contractor
I need some help deciding on whether to take an independent contractor position. I was just offered 0.08/line being an independent contractor. Is this typical pay for an independent contractor position? I currently make that as an employee. How does the paying into Social Security work? Any feedback on employee position versus independent contractor position would be greatly appreciated.The good thing about this job is no set schedule. The paying taxes, getting own insurance, and paying into Social Security is the things that I am worried about. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Independent contractor
They hired me as an independent contractor, and I was told that during my interview.
Are you an independent contractor?
Here's the link:
http://www.ebluewave.com/downloads/independent_contractors_20_questions.pdf
In the simplest of terms ... if you are looking for someone to hire you, then you're not independent contractor. However, if you see yourself as a one-person MTSO, and you conduct yourself in that fashion, then you are an IC.
I hope this helps at least one person.
I AM AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
SEE WHERE IT SAYS IC????? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT EMPLOYEE STATUS!
IC status (independent contractor) sm
is just like it sounds. You are contracting work independently from the company. You pay all your own taxes including the other half of your SS which is called self-employment tax. They cannot set your hours, but most places like to know an approximate time when you will be working. I was IC for MQ for years and then they went to SE status where they had a little more control and then this.
Also, because you are IC you get no benefits whatsoever. You are self-employed. So if benefits are what you need, this is not for you. But, if you need the flexibility it may work for you. It worked for me for years. Supported a family on it. It was much better than what they have now. In my case, I could actually pay my own insurance and disability insurance and still come out better. It just depends on the production you are able to do. If you have any more questions, feel free to e-mail me.
Independent contractor status
Am nervous about this status as I have never been an IC before, but am willing to try it, just don't want to be highly disappointed.
Definition of an Independent Contractor
Defining the Independent Contractor
No consistent, uniform definition distinguishes an employee from an independent contractor. Some statutes contain their own definitions. The U.S. Supreme Court has held that when a statute contains the term employee but fails to define it adequately, there is a presumption that traditional agency-law criteria for identifying master-servant relationships apply (National Mutual Insurance Co. v. Darden, 503 U.S. 318, 112 S. Ct. 1344, 111 L. Ed. 2d 581 [1992]).
One comprehensive test that takes into account agency-law criteria and numerous other factors courts have created to define independent contractor status was developed by the Internal Revenue Service. Known collectively as the twenty-factor test, the enumerated criteria generally fall within three categories: control (whether the employer or the worker has control over the work performed), organization (whether the worker is integrated into the business), and economic realities (whether the worker directly benefits from his or her labor). The twenty factors serve only as a guideline. Each factor's degree of importance varies depending on the occupation and the facts involved in a particular case. Twenty-factor test [nl] 1.
A worker who is required to comply with instructions about when, where, and how he or she must work is usually an employee.
2.
If an employer trains a worker — requires an experienced employee to work with the worker, educates the worker through correspondence, requires the worker to attend meetings, or uses other methods — this normally indicates that the worker is an employee.
3.
If a worker's services are integrated into business operations, this tends to show that the worker is subject to direction and control and is thus an employee. This is the case particularly when a business's success or continuation depends to a large extent on the performance of certain services.
4.
If a worker's services must be rendered personally, there is a presumption that the employer is interested in the methods by which the services are accomplished as well as in the result, making the worker an employee.
5.
If an employer hires, supervises, and pays assistants for a worker, this indicates control over the worker on the job, making the worker an employee.
6.
A continuing relationship between a worker and an employer, even at irregular intervals, tends to show an employer-employee relationship.
7.
An employer who sets specific hours of work for a worker exhibits control over the worker, indicating that the worker is an employee.
8.
If a worker is working substantially full-time for an employer, the worker is presumably not free to do work for other employers and is therefore an employee.
9.
Work performed on an employer's premises suggests the employer's control over a worker, making the worker an employee. This is especially true when work could be done elsewhere. However, the mere fact that work is done off the employer's premises does not necessarily make the worker an independent contractor.
10.
If a worker is required to perform services in an order or sequence set by an employer, the employer has control over the worker that demonstrates an employer-employee relationship.
11.
A worker who is required to submit regular oral or written reports to an employer is likely an employee.
12.
Payment by the hour, week, or month tends to indicate that a worker is an employee; payment made by the job or on a straight commission points to an independent contractor.
13.
A worker is ordinarily an employee if an employer pays for the worker's business or travel expenses.
14.
An employer who furnishes a worker with significant tools, materials, or other equipment tends to show that the worker is an employee.
15.
A worker who significantly invests in facilities used to perform services and not typically maintained by employees (such as office space) is generally an independent contractor.
16.
A worker who can realize a profit or loss resulting from her or his services is generally an independent contractor.
17.
A worker who performs for more than one firm at a time is generally an independent contractor.
18.
If a worker makes his or her services available to the general public on a regular and consistent basis, that worker is generally an independent contractor.
19.
An employer's right to discharge a worker tends to show that the worker is an employee. An employee must obey an employer's instructions in order to stay employed; an independent contractor can be fired only if the work result fails to meet the agreed-upon specifications.
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If a worker has the right to terminate her or his relationship with an employer at any time without incurring liability, such as breach of contract, that worker is likely an employee.
See: Employment Law; Labor Law; Master and Servant.
Employee versus Independent Contractor
http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/laborlaws/l/aa121800.htm
I have read this article (you have to scroll down a little, but I have found it helpful in explaining some things regarding IC vs Employee. Just wanted to share for anyone who is interested.
Independent contractor or employee status
Me again. Does Transcription Relief hire independent contractors, or are you considered an employee?
Who hires for TRUE independent contractor sm
positions.. Ones where they give you a set amount of lines and you set your own hours just as long as you get the transcription done within that period of time.
Independent contractor versus employee?
Can someone please tell me the difference between independent contractor and employee status? I was employed for a company about 6 years ago where I was an independent contractor and they didnt take out federal taxes. I then went to a company as an employee status where they did take out federal taxes out of my check? As an independent contractor, do they all not take out federal taxes and can you request that they do if that is the case? I have almost 10 years experience and have been applying for jobs left and right with no response and have only been answering ads for employee based work because of the federal taxes? I can not understand why I am not getting any responses. What am I doing wrong?
I SAW a book on it once, too. It was called The Independent Medical Contractor.
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Do they offer both statutory employee and independent contractor status? Thank you! NM
NM
Correction. Just visited the forum and the "food stamps"
post seems to have magically disappeared. Hmmmmmmmmmm.. wonder why.
Food for thought. What if...SM
I think helping to clarify the pay rate in this scenario was important for others to understand. It does show that the company is willing to try and compensate fairly for this transition, or at least it appears that way on the surface. But, what if there's more to it than meets the eye. What I would like to see us do as a profession is look at the bigger picture. Where does this all end? I see the potiential for it to end in our eventual professional deaths.
What if, for example, a significant enough number of MTs start doing the VR editing and do realize a reasonable increase in their base pay for their efforts. What I see is that, for an extra $200 bucks a pay period, they're getting us to help put them in the driver's seat. Small price to pay to ensure one's ability to eventually be able to cut out the "middle man" and have the whole profit margin to yourself. And once their feet are firmly planted on our ground and we have no where else to turn and no leg to stand on, what do you see happening to that extra $200 bucks a pay period then? I see it potentially turning into a scenario of: "We'll pay you whatever we like, and if you don't like it, hit the door. There are plenty of other hungry ex-MTs out there who would welcome a chance to come back at these lower wages just to have a job." Not a pretty picture of our collective future, but it could be an accurate one if we don't stand up now while we still have some ability to make a difference. What if?
Really, are the long-term results worth the minimal short-term gains in pay? At this rate, they're not only getting us to help them kill us off, they seem to be getting us dirt cheap to boot. From their perspective, the idea is to give us a couple hundred extra bucks dangling out there like the proverbial carrot while we help them work out the kinks, and all the while were really just lambs being led to the slaughter.
What if the way this particular company seems to have just sprung this whole deal on everyone was a glimpse of the boldness and in-your-face attitude to come? What if?
Food to munch on
Thank you guys so much for all your input. Yes, we do have the advantage of knowing our docs, etc. We are now using tapes, so we are not familiar at all with the service's platform. There were four of us in-house transcriptionists. One has already been deleted due to not having DSL in her area. One is doing the unemployment route and going back to school, as she said she did not feel secure with going with the service, and this would be a perfect opportunity for her to advance her education. So, there are 2 of us left and we are undecided due to the issues discussed. Our CMO, who is Indian, would just throw a fit if we do not go with the service. He has refused over and over again through the years to outsource transcription. He only wants us doing it. My doctors have been told that we are going with the service, even though nothing is set in concrete. The docs have only been okay with this transition knowing this. If the two remaining transcriptionists do not get onboard with the service, I think my company will have mutiny on their hands - - IT WILL NOT BE A PRETTY PICTURE THAT IS FOR SURE.
The MT who wrote the newspapers and such - - YOU ARE MY HERO!!! Way to go.
You get to a point where you are tired of being #%#@@#. That's where I am.
I would take it. That would pay for food for the week
and maybe something better than the usual mac and cheese and hot dogs we have been eating. Uggg. I would perhaps even try to buy meat like chicken or steak for a change. LOL.
Why have cable and little food. You don't say
internet. But like you said you get your priorities straight.
A contractor is a contractor
My brother is a painting contractor, doing primarily office/industrial jobs. When he bids on a project the buyer can make certain reasonable conditions: You can start any day after May 15 and we want you finished by our big open house June 1. You have to work after business hours, i.e., from 6 p.m. to 7 a.m. or weekends. We want high-quality washable semi-gloss paint. Don't splatter paint on the floor, furniture or woodwork; you are responsible for damages.
He tells them what he charges. If that works for both parties and everyone's needs can be met, then they sign the contract.
What the buyer cannot do is specify: Your crew will consist of 5 men. You will clock in from 6:01 p.m. to 6:59 a.m. every day from May 16 through May 31. You must use a 2 boar bristle brush and 12 rollers with 1/2 nap. You must mask off all woodwork and use 12' x 12' vinyl drop cloths. (It is understood that you are hiring a professional and he already knows how to do the job.) You will use 100 galons of XYZ brand paint which you can only buy from my cousin Vinnie.
Only the most general control can be exercised by the company hiring the contractor. Obviously the location where this type of work will be done is fixed. The date and time parameters are much less specifc. The methods and materials are completely up to the contractor.
Praying doesn't put food on the table.
I'm back in school getting the degree that will get me out of this crappy business.
Complaining doesn't change anything, but neither does putting your future in someone else's hands and "praying things just work out."
Gotta take the bull by the horns and take action or the world will run you over like a steamroller.
Can you use a food pedal with on-line tests, or do
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Oh yeah! A food pedal would be great..just think..
Supper time would be so easy..just hit the left pedal for the microwave, the right for the fridge..just push that pedal to the medal and whip up some potato salad and green beans..
Does credibility put food on our table, gas in our cars, and
clothes on our backs?
We must have been credible at some point in time. After all, we made good incomes because we were paid higher wages, we started MTSOs that were later bought out by the big boys with the big bucks, and we loved what we did and the product we produced. When did we lose credibility? Maybe when the big boys started offshoring? Do you think credibility will be brought back when the big boys bring our jobs back into our own country? Huh? Huh? Huh?
The company is not putting food on her table,
SHE is putting the food on the table?
The company is not putting food on her table,
SHE is putting the food on the table?
I worked for them through a contractor.
And I loved it, loved the platform and they were very nice. Unfortunately when I tested for them a few months ago I got 96% and they require 98% DRATS! I will try again though!
If poisoned pet food and toys doesn't keep people (sm)
out of Wal-Mart (and it doesn't seem to, read the blog Behind the Counter), I can't see it stopping offshoring.
Not to excuse it, but I've watched the trend over the last decade, and I honestly think a lot of companies offshore only because of the bottom line; transcription is one area that hospitals are always trying to cut and the pressure to drop line rates is tremendous. I used to take several calls a month at the small MTSO where I used to work requesting us to drop our per line rate. It ranged from whining and pleading to outright threats of losing the account if we didn't comply. It was a constant aggravation and stress.
I think some companies dipped a toe into offshoring just to try to keep up and then it trapped them into continuing so as to meet expenses and the TAT. JMO on the mid-size MTSOs; not sure how it worked in the big ones.
There are, Food Shelf, Goodwill, Salvation Army. LOL! nm
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Praying most certainly DOES put food on the table! I am extremely offended by your post.
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If they invented a food pedal, we would never be allowed to take a lunch break, lol.
Have to agree ... keeping the lights turned on, food on the table, and sm
a roof over my head is pretty good motivation! Plus, I do not want to exist. I am single, but I want the same things my married friends have with 2 incomes. Since I haven't found the seeds for my money tree yet, I work. As I mentioned below, I have been an MT for 30+ years, but I have worked the last 10 years or so at home, and it is MUCH different than having to get dressed up and drive over town. Working on a Saturday or evenings or anything is not so bad when you can sit wearing a t-shirt and shorts and have your doggie curled up under the desk.
this may sound dumb but what exactly is an independant contractor?
I've always been an employee
Diskriter, contractor or regular employee
I was just wondering if Diskriter hires on an IC basis or as a regular company employee?
SC meaning SE (statutory employee) and or IC contractor.
Still looking for help on employee positions with no VR which are good. Thanks.
Transtech no work situation putting me in the Salvation Army food line?
This is utterly ridiculous -- NO WORK/LOW WORK. It is not even the holidays yet. D. giving the title of an email Census does not make that the reason for the low/no work situation at Transtech! There are other reasons OTHER THAN CENSUS. That is so sickening all the time. The greatest need of us MT's is honesty from their employer --- from the very beginning of employment to the end!
Even a child could see through their excuses for NO WORK.
Independent = what is it? (SM)
Independent just means you are not on a time clock. As an IC, you contract to do work in the format and time table as dictated by the person who contracts you.
For example -- my lawn man is an IC. He can do my lawn when he wants, as long as it is done twice a week, but not closer than 3 days nor more than 4 days, as long as he does not use any motorized equipment (noise making of any sort) before 9 a.m. or after 4 p.m, as long as he does not do my lawn on weekends. My grass must be cut to a length acceptable to me. My bushes must be trimmed. The grass and trimmings must be removed from my lot. Plants and bushes cannot be changed, planted, nor removed without my permission. My sprinklers must be checked every time they come, and if I report a broken sprinkler, I expect it to be fixed with 24 hours.
But, given all of the above, the lawn man is an independent contractor and I pay a flat fee for services weekly. If he does not comply, I will terminate his service without notice.
independent
does anyone experience trouble with getting paid when working as an IC? i have been considering stentel and wonder if they have direct deposit and if pay is on time, lots of work? I appreciate all the help. thank you.
IC= independent
Perhaps you should read the law about it. If they control the specific hours, then the law says they have to hire employees. ICs can control their own schedules. obviously, that's why it's called independent. Read the IRS definitions.
i'm an independent sm
Literally NO politician gets a free pass from me. Case in point: Rick Perry & Kay B. Hutchison are running on the R ticket for Gov. here. Neither of them will get my vote.
John Cornyn won't, either.
Too many career politicians that are self-serving and conveniently won't let US decide on term limits. Does MQ give us all that? Do they give us the health care that the politicians get? Why should they get the platinum coverage for themselves and their family, and we don't?
Think about it.
I am independent but
the platform I work on, I think, is extremely good. I have said for some time now the money can be made but you have to have a good system and apparently not all fit that category. Oh, the dictators I have now are far from anything that resembles good dictators, terrible. I really don’t know of anyone who escapes those (unless you work for a few doctors perhaps in an office) but I do a hospital that is about 400+ bed.
Independent contractors
Can anyone who ICs give out a few good recommendations for good companies hiring ICs? Anyone work FT for company and start IC? Thanks
Independent contracting
Saw an ad recently for a company wanting to hire recruiters to bring in MTs and in turn would pay recruiter/IC a percentage of their recruited MTs overall work for a certain period of time. Is this legit?
I am an independent and I cannot get client to pay
Anybody have any options for me how to go about getting paid?
Need some help from independent contractors, please.
I am going from an employee status to an independent contractor. Exactly how much more of my taxes will I be paying instead of my employer. I am looking at my paystub from my employee status and I see FICA and Medicare being withheld. Does the employer pay a portion of the both the FICA and the Medicare or just the FICA. Is the percent like 7% or 8% or something else. I am just trying to figure out how much of my line rate this is going to eat up.
Independent Transcription...
Does anyone have current information? Is this the lady that stiffs on pay? She is looking for spine ortho MT on other job board... Any info?
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