Pre-Paid Legal Counsel Through your Employer

[duccarlos]

Testie testie Cyrus. It's not a conflict of interest to have a friend present it to HR. It would be a conflict of interest if A) Juddy was the one selling it or B) that Juddy was working in the HR dept. Please lighten up.

[cyrus buelton]

Testie testie Cyrus. It's not a conflict of interest to have a friend present it to HR. It would be a conflict of interest if A) Juddy was the one selling it or B) that Juddy was working in the HR dept. Please lighten up.

I edited it.

Randy,


We have a huge ethics policy at my company and presenting a service that a friend of mine sells to the company is not unethical.

If I got some sort of kickback from it........then yes, it would fall under those terms. However, I am not receiving a benefit, just helping a friend out with his business. Once I pass on his contact information, I step out of the equation.



Is it unethical at your employer to give HR a Resume from a friend of yours?

[Randimus Maximus]

I was just asking the question.

Playing devil's advocate.

Here's another scenario:

Employee A: "what's this new prepaid legal service HR is offering?
Employee B: "not sure, but I heard that it wa a buddy of Jud's"
Employee A: "I bet Jud is getting a kickback"

Perceptions.  They can be a pregnant dog.

[cyrus buelton]

I was just asking the question.

Playing devil's advocate.

Here's another scenario:

Employee A: "what's this new prepaid legal service HR is offering?
Employee B: "not sure, but I heard that it wa a buddy of Jud's"
Employee A: "I bet Jud is getting a kickback"

Perceptions.  They can be a pregnant dog.

Nope, only HR would know where that info came from.


My company will pay you $4,000 if you find them a candidate for a salaried position.

You get 2k up front........another 2k when they hit their one year anniversary.

[duccarlos]

I doubt with the highly qualified unemployed that are current plaguing this economy that your company is still paying that much. 1 posting on Career Builder will gardner about 100,000 resumes. They might pay you that much to go through all the resumes.

[cyrus buelton]

I doubt with the highly qualified unemployed that are current plaguing this economy that your company is still paying that much. 1 posting on Career Builder will gardner about 100,000 resumes. They might pay you that much to go through all the resumes.

They are still paying it, dude.


We use headhunting services, local staffing agencies, etc.


Yeah, we waste a lot of money.

[duccarlos]

Damn, they probably still pay a recruiter. Those were the first jobs that went away.

[DesmoLu]

We are at an interesting time where we are dealing with identity theft with an urgent care, douchebag hits my wife's car (actually my insurance company will go after them I think), and my wife needs to set up an LLC/Ltd/Whatever else is out there because she is finally at the point with her side photography business she has her first paying job in 3-4 months, so we need to get her as a registered business, tax ID number, etc. I know you can set this up on your own, but I have no idea how to and my cousin who is an attorney locally.......not his area of law so he is of very little help. My brother is not from Ohio, so he can't of much help either. I'd pay Tizzy with sexual favors (as he prefers) but again, he is no licensed in Ohio and the process is probably different then what he knows.

Please don't pay an attorney to do this for you. It is so incredibly easy to do yourself. Take 15 min to spend on Google or call your local SBDC, seriously.

[cyrus buelton]

Please don't pay an attorney to do this for you. It is so incredibly easy to do yourself. Take 15 min to spend on Google or call your local SBDC, seriously.

There was a lot of info in that quote.


What were you specifically referring to?

If it was LLC, I am not.

Spidey sent me a link.

[DesmoLu]

oh good! make sure you actually need an LLC too. I'm not sure if it might be the most appropriate formation for photography. I advise my clients on entity formation all the time, although it is food related. shoot me a PM with details if you want some advice about it.
+ all your tax ID filing is done online through IRS website, even payment

[cyrus buelton]

I  need to speak with my cousin and brother (both attorneys) on what set up to do for her. There might be a better one out there, but last I spoke with my brother, LLC was what he recommended setting up.

I imagine a lot of it probably depends on revenue?

[herm]

ducarlos did liken it to insurance...

...and not all lawyers suck.

Just the one that beats yours.

never said they all did. but the ones who concoct scams like this do. they must be down on their luck ambulance chaser types...

[herm]

Is it unethical at your employer to give HR a Resume from a friend of yours?

where i used to work, it was definitely frowned upon. in fact, i know of a few instances where the right candidate did not get the job because there was a perception of impropriety over in HR. so, if you knew someone for the job, about all you could do was point them in the right direction and offer yourself as a reference.

[Popeye the Sailor]

I  need to speak with my cousin and brother (both attorneys) on what set up to do for her. There might be a better one out there, but last I spoke with my brother, LLC was what he recommended setting up.

I imagine a lot of it probably depends on revenue?

A lot of it depends on protecting your assets, if you actually have any.

[derby]

A lot of it depends on protecting your assets, if you actually have any.

which i wouldn't think would be at risk for a photographer...

here's a good sole proprietor or llc comparison:

http://hubpages.com/hub/Sole_Proprietorship_vs_LLC-Know_the_Difference

and here is a good comparison of the various corporations:

http://www.bizfilings.com/learn/compare-business-types.aspx