Tag Archives: Employees

If You Are a Virtual Assistant, You Are Not a Staff Member

Let’s get something straight here: Virtual Assistants are not staff members. We have an entire industry that in very large part (at least when it comes to newcomers) is under the erroneous impression that Virtual Assistants can be illegally employed as workers by clients or businesses without paying employment taxes on them. WRONG! Anyone who [...]

Hiring Employees

Dear Gritty VA: I am very new to the Virtual Assistant business world. I have a question about hiring employees. I am a sole proprieter and would like to hire virtual recruiters, administrative assistants and sales/promotional/marketing staff.  What is the best salary structure to offer potential employees? So many people are burned by work-at-home scams, [...]