Staying compliant with employment regulations and laws can be overwhelming when hiring. When you partner with Express Healthcare Staffing, you ensure the best care for your patients from highly qualified medical staff, while staying compliant with the latest state and federal employment regulations.
As a W-2 staffing firm, Express Healthcare can help your medical facility avoid misclassification of contractors or employees. Misclassification can impact benefits, pay, and protections that employees are entitled to under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Avoid being penalized for misclassification of a contractor or employee by partnering with Express Healthcare.
W-2 Staffing Firms
- Liability: The staffing agency assumes legal and financial risks, including labor law compliance, and provides professional liability and workers’ compensation insurance for temporary employees in your building.
- Credentialed Staff: The temporary staff you receive are fully credentialed, vetted, and have documented experience.
- Payroll Taxes and Benefits: The staffing agency pays payroll taxes and other employer costs, including benefits.
- Quality: Employees hired through the staffing agency are typically more committed, loyal, and productive because they receive benefits, training, and support, including support from a National Clinical Director.
1099 Staffing Firms
- Liability: Most 1099 staffing firms don’t offer professional liability or workers’ compensation insurance.
- Credentialed Staff: Credential verification is minimal. In some cases, only an individual’s license is checked before they work shifts.
- Payroll Taxes and Benefits: You may be viewed as the employer because you are supervising the work and could be liable for payroll taxes and other work-related costs.
- Quality: Independent contractors often work under minimal supervision, without ongoing evaluations from the company that recruited them, potentially putting your patients at risk.
Express Healthcare Staffing
Let Express Healthcare shoulder the burden of finding the skilled and qualified medical staff you need in nursing and allied healthcare.
