Is it "illegal" for companies to hire ICs to do their VA work?

Related to the US transcriptionists issues with work offshoring to Indian companies, is this article series about Indian owned/run companies in the Information Technology field pulling illegal activities right here in the US in order to save money. http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_41/b4150034732629.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_41/b4150034738024.htm http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_41/b4150034736588.htm Given that these owners would d ...

part-timers for weekend work anymore? That's the way it was done for years, full-timers for M-F and part-timers for weekends, and it worked great because so many MTs are looking for extra weekend part-time work anyway. It seems to be mostly the bigger corporations, as usual, changing things for the worse here. Is it just the laziness of the HR & management people, not wanting to process part-timers? I suspect a lot of the very-experienced MTs are working at small ...

I know this is an extreme long-shot, but I'm wondering if there are any good MT companies out there that hire M-F and pay a fair line rate (for the way things are today anyway). It doesn't matter to me whether I work employee or IC. I just left Nuance a couple months ago and am working general transcription on my own schedule right now, but it's way too strenuous for the pay rate and the work is sporadic. I've got to figure out my next move, but I hate to go back to working e ...

I have a friend who is looking for an MT job. She is just about done with school. Can anyone help me out with companies who hire newbies? I know there was a list on here at one time, long ago, but I cannot seem to find it. I think it was actually on the "old" board. Thanks! ...

I am taking the Careerstep course and I am going to finish very soon. I hear that many companies wave their experience requirement if you take the Careerstep course, because it is so thorough and you transcribe so many reports that you can easily find a job. Is this true? Anyone out there graduate from Careerstep and find a job easily as a new MT. I mean how do you get the jobs if you do not have the experience. ...

We need a start somewhere to get the experience. Looking forward to your reply. Thank You Lena ...

I have a PT gig working as an IC but need a FT gig so want it as employee status. Which companies hire employees rather than ICs? NO large nationals, please! I'm not gonna go there. :) ...

Does anyone know of stateside MTSOs who hire MTs outside of the country. After 30 plus years will be retiring outside of USA and would like to continue to work. ...

Would anyone who has been denied applying to a company because of the State they live in please post the name of the Company and the name of the State(s) they do not hire from. I think this only pertains to EMPLOYEE Status, but if Independent Contractors have been denied, please indicate that you wanted IC status. NetMed Transcription only hires from 12 States – Employee Status Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Florida Indiana Kansas North Carolina Oregon Pennsylvania Texas ...

don't lock you into a schedule (IOW, you can work whatever hours you want)? ...

Just wondering if any of you know of any companies which are hiring part-time transcriptionists for 12 to 15 hours per week? Thank you ...

I've given VR a fair shot for close to a year now, but I still type much faster than I edit, so I've lost quite a bit of money since my account went to VR last year. I know that VR is almost everywhere these days, but does anyone know of any decent companies that still have straight typing and are actually hiring right now? I'm looking for acute care and I really don't care if it's IC or employee status at this point. I just want to do regular transcrip ...

Does anyone know of a good company to work for that hires part time?? That is all I want and alot of the companies on Job seeker's board want full time. I would appreciate any input!! ...

Are there any companys that hire for acute care positions without acutal acute care experience. I have extensive experience with multispecialty clinics but everytime I try to apply for acute care they want you to have acute care experience. ...

please message me if you have any advice. Lost my great job to EMR and have NEVER done speech rec, but need a JOB! ...

Thanks for the info! ...

I've not worked for one of the big national companies for a decade, but would love to get back to working on a teaching hospital account or two. ...

I have a full-time MT job working in-office, but would like to make extra money as an IC in the evenings and on weekends, but I don't necessarily want to commit to a certain amount of hours, but would rather commit to producing a minimum amount of lines per day or per pay period. Any companies that work that way? ...

Can you tell the names of companies who hire part-time with the eScription platform. Wanting to learn this... Thanks! ...

Is anyone familiar with any companies that hire only voice recognition part time? I'm working at one now but I don't think it's going to work out. ...

Searching in vain for companies that hire IC status with no scheduled/required hours, only requiring a certain number of lines within a 12 hour or 24 hour period. They seem hard to come by these days. Really need that kind of flexibility. Thank you, in advance, for your input ...

A company cannot REQUIRE an employee to sit in front of a computer and check for work and NOT compensate them for their time. Common sense. Call your labor board. Now if they are willing to go back to flex schedules, then it is a whole different story. Boy would I LOVE to go back to that!!! ...

are paid on production. Does anybody here know anything about this? We have shown them they cant make us lie on timesheets, they have to pay at least minimum wage. Now can we show them they have to calculate our PTO in a more fair fashion? ...

required telephone conferences? ...

Is it illegal not to pay independent contractors twice a month. It was agreed to in the hiring process? ...

So "Perry" has a job on the job board. You essentially give them leads from accounts you work on and they will try and underbid your current employer. Guess they never heard of a confidentiality agreement, ethics, etc. ...

Only hiring I.C.'s? Inscribe is full of it! It costs more upfront to be a 1099, and helps them evade paying taxes. There is tremendous liability on top of it. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW! *see link. http://www.treasury.gov/tigta/auditreports/2013reports/201330058fr.pdf ...

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Is it "illegal" for companies to hire ICs to do their VA work? - like a job posting suggests?

Not illegal, but probably in violation of contract, which - will prohibit subcontracting

VA account - BH

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