Self-employment

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All the questions about Acess make me wonder what is true and not true.  I was

told by Brad that our Support Workers are not liable for self-employment taxes

that they truly are employees.  To those who were receiving benefits in 2007 was

this truly the situation....that our caregivers are EMPLOYEES and not liable for

any self employment tax

I wish we could give Aces$ the benefit of the

doubt by saying that

they probably don't know the answer regarding unemployment until they

have to cross that bridge.

The simple truth is, if I am not mistaken, that " Brad " was one of the

guys who came to Little Friends to assist 21 or so families in

filling out the paperworks. There were about 4 families who raised

this very question, and one father who had indeed checked it out,

with his attorney, as well as insurance man. They both agreed that

the family will be responsible for the unemply as well as workers

comp payments. Aldo, my bert is that they will not be allowed to be

taken from the subsequent months funds.

I talked to my insurance guy as well. I guess I never thought about

unemployment wages, but I did ask about worker comp, resulting from

an injury, and one can purchase insurance to cover the number of hrs

our workers work a month. He quoted me a price of about $400 a yr

for 1 worker, and more for each employee, however the rate for each

employee after the 1st one is lower than the amt of number 1 employee.

The qujestion is does this insurance cover umemployment not workers

comp? My guess would be no.

Anyone care to chime in?

Diane S

> >

> > When I spoke with the person at IL Dept. of Unemployment, it

> sounded like

> > that we still could be even if the person was parttime. If the

> person had only

> > worked a certain total # of days (and I can't remember how

many),

> then

> > unemployment would not be awarded.

> >

> > Again, learning as we go with all of this.

> >

> > Jill

> >

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 6/16/2008 3:55:57 PM Central Standard Time,

> > egskb@ writes:

> >

> > I will check this out...I am not sure we have any

responsibility

> if our

> > child's " staff " is part time...

> > Ellen

> > Ellen Garber Bronfeld

> > _egskb@_ (mailto:egskb@ )

> > Re: An Acess Issue

> >

> > See this is the kind of thing I was griping about a few months

> ago,

> > when I first found out Little Friends had to shut down their in

> home

> > support program and that I would be the " employer " and be using

> > aces$. I am pissed at the state for placing the families, who

> have

> > enough responsibilities, enough worries, and enough money

burdens

> in

> > regards to caring for our children already. Basically, I don't

> know

> > what happens in the event of a staff member requesting and

> possibly

> > being awarded unemployment compensation, and am very curious to

> wait

> > to hear from others as to whether or not it is now our

> responsibility

> > to pay the compensation. t

> >

> > I do know that in the case of disability wages- we the families

> are

> > on the hook. IE; worker is out with our child and falls and

> breaks

> > their leg and cannot work for 3 months, we the families as far

as

> I

> > heard will pay the workers comp if the employee puts in for the

> > compensation.

> >

> > I also have investigated and there is insurance you can

purchase.

> Of

> > coarse more money from the families, and seems the state

doesn't

> care

> > about that. Again, why a full service model ie: places like

> Little

> > Friends were a blessing- they had insurance. But lets run them

> out

> > of business. Aghhhhh. SO FRUSTRATING !!!!!!!

> >

> > So I will be watching the boards here to see how this plays out.

> >

> > Diane S

> >

> > --- In _IPADDUnite@ groIPADDUn_

> (mailto:IPADDUnite@gro ups.com) ,

> > jillplato@, ji

> > >

> > > Hello all!

> > >

> > > I had something happen to me recently that I wanted to share.

> We

> > are

> > > receiving services throught the Home Based Program and have

> been

> > turning time

> > > sheets into Acess.

> > >

> > > A few weeks ago I had to terminate one of my PSWs, who had

only

> > worked for

> > > us since January on a parttime basis, because she was always

> > calling off,

> > > coming late, leaving early, etc. This PSW was not happy with

me

> > so she filed for

> > > Unemployment. I didn't know anything about this until luckily

> > someone with

> > > the Illinois Dept. of Employment Security called and left an

> > message on my

> > > answering machine. She stated that she wanted to make sure

that

> we

> > did not

> > > want to contest this person receiving unemployment benefits.

I

> > called the women

> > > with IL Dept of Employ who told me that a letter has been

sent

> out

> > about all

> > > of this. I didn't receive it because apparently it had been

> sent

> > to Acess's

> > > PA.

> > >

> > > I e-mailed Acess asking why I was never notified that this

> letter

> > had been

> > > sent to them, and , in the Springfield office, said that

he

> > would forward

> > > my e-mail to Acess' PA office. I never heard anything so I e-

> > mailed

> > > again. Unfortunately I still haven't heard anything.

> > >

> > > Supposedly the person at the IL Dept. of Employment was going

> to

> > change

> > > their system so that future letters would be sent to me. This

> is

> > just one more

> > > thing that has not been resolved and I just wanted to make

> others

> > aware of

> > > this issue.

> > >

> > > Thanks!

> > >

> > > Jill A. Plato

> > > 26267 Panhandle Rd.

> > > Kane, IL 62054

> > > 217-942-6856 (home-eve)

> > > 618-498-5656 (day-work)

> > > 217-248-1117 (cell)

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> > Jill A. Plato

> > 26267 Panhandle Rd.

> > Kane, IL 62054

> > 217-942-6856 (home-eve)

> > 618-498-5656 (day-work)

> > 217-248-1117 (cell)

> >

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