What Every Business Needs to Know When Hiring Employees or Consultants

with Lindsay A. Dischley, Esq. & Catherine P. Wells, Esq.

Join the NJSBDC for a 1-hour webinar, “What Every Small Business Needs to Know When Hiring Employees or Consultants.”

Led by Catherine Wells, Esq. and Lindsay A. Dischley, Esq. of Chiesa, Shahinian & Giantomasi PC, this webinar provides small business owners and entrepreneurs with the knowledge to understand the laws, rules and regulations regarding hiring of employees, properly classifying them as exempt or non-exempt for overtime purposes, the definition of an independent contractor and risks of misclassifying employees as independent contractors. This webinar will also address the importance of requiring employees or independent contractors to execute an appropriate confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-competition and non-solicitation agreement

Key Topics Include:

• The Proper Classification of Employees as Exempt or Non-Exempt from Overtime.
• The Risks of Retaining Independent Contractors, including the federal and state tests to assess whether the contractor was properly classified.
• Protecting Confidential Trade Secret Information and Protecting the Business.
• Examples of the risks of misclassification of employees and independent contractors, including the potential theft of proprietary information.

The objective of this webinar is to provide small business owners with the education to appreciate the appropriate considerations in making hiring decisions to avoid significant risk and protect their businesses.

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