One major struggle that most contractors face is an ongoing challenge of deciding how to categorize the workers they hire. Should they be deemed employees or contractors? Unfortunately, the answer to ...

Good team members can bring new ideas and motivate other employees to work hard. As a business grows, a very important decision it faces is whether to hire employees or outsource tasks and ...

NEXT reports on tips for winter construction, emphasizing planning, safety, and diversifying services to maintain income ...

Expanding a contracting business into a new state provides challenges and opportunities for plumbers and hydronic heating professionals. These unfamiliar markets could lead to larger customer pools ...

Today, a one-person concrete contractor has access to more sophisticated business technology than the multi-country construction conglomerate had not that many years ago. And the largest concrete ...

An employer is required to withhold income, Social Security and Medicare tax from their employee’s pay. They also pay half of the employee’s Social Security and Medicare taxes. At the end of the year, ...

There are many paths to entrepreneurship, and for some aspiring business owners, becoming an independent contractor is a natural first step. But what exactly is an independent contractor, and how do ...

Amy Nichol Smith spent more than 20 years working as a journalist for TV and newspapers before transitioning to software and hardware product reviews for consumers and small businesses. She has been ...