Re: remote DBA job - pros and cons.

The law is based on hours worked. I think you get classified as ft employee when you hit 30 hours (don't know that one for sure), but I know that if you hit 40 hours everything kicks in. And I do know that if you worked 40 hours/week, you count as ft, no matter what, and if they didn't give you full benefits, they were breaking the law.

On Jan 15, 2008 3:32 PM, Mark Strickland <strickland.mark_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> W2 temps are not regular employees. The body shops are required to pay
> the employer's share of taxes and handle withholding, but they're not
> required to provide medical, holiday pay, vacations, etc. Some companies
> have gotten into trouble for filling their cubicles with W2 temps who
> function no differently from regular employees. Perhaps that's what you are
> thinking of.
>
> I just googled it to make sure. If the law says differently, I didn't
> find evidence of it.
>
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> On Jan 15, 2008 1:17 PM, Mark Strickland < strickland.mark_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> > Large body shops like KForce. I stopped contracting at the end of 2005.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Jan 15, 2008 12:57 PM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > How recently did you do that? And how big was the company? As I
> > > recall, the law sets a minimum number of employees the business must have
> > > before health care benefits are required.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Jan 15, 2008 2:39 PM, Mark Strickland < strickland.mark_at_gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > W2-based contracting doesn't require benefits except for paying the
> > > > employer's share of SS. I contracted for 7 years, almost all on a W2 basis
> > > > (but not for a mere $33/hr!). Some body shops offered some benefits, some
> > > > didn't. I chose to work on a W2 basis through body shops so that they would
> > > > handle the paperwork and marketing and pay the employer's share of SS and so
> > > > that I wouldn't have to get liability insurance.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Jan 15, 2008 10:41 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Naughty naughty...
> > > > >
> > > > > And you are right about the bennies.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jan 15, 2008 12:15 PM, Jared Still < jkstill_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Frankly, that doesn't even sound like a legal arrangement.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > As you would be paid hourly, and as an employee (W2) I believe
> > > > > > that federal law required benefits provided for anything over
> > > > > > 30 hrs per week.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Plus that fact that $33 per hour is extremely low for a DBA.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > You can't even get SQL server DBA's for that. ;)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jared
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Jan 14, 2008 3:34 PM, Prasad < p4cldba_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > All,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > recently I am being offered a remote support DBA job and
> > > > > > > the hiring company is asking me to quit my current regular position and work
> > > > > > > with them for 33$/hr on W-2 with no benefits. Well I am in no position to
> > > > > > > accept this . but still would like to know if this is how it works.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks .
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Prasad
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Jared Still
> > > > > > Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Andrew W. Kerber
> > > > >
> > > > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Andrew W. Kerber
> > >
> > > 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'
> > >
> >
> >
>

-- 
Andrew W. Kerber

'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'

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