In some states, the wages subject to state unemployment tax are the same as the wages subject to FUTA tax.
However, certain states exempt some types of wages from state unemployment tax, even though they are subject to FUTA tax (for example, wages paid to corporate officers, certain payments of sick pay by unions, and certain fringe benefits). In such a case, you may be required to deposit more than 0.8% FUTA tax on those wages.
See the Instructions for Form 940 for further guidance.
Technically you will be paying the 0.8% on the taxable wages required by FUTA. Complication arises because of some states not taxing certain wages ...
An employer can be vicariously liable for the torts committed by an employee while they are in the scope of their employment in certain situations. An employer will not normally be held vicariously liable for the torts of an independent contractor because of a lack of supervisory control.
It's an endorsement that makes the employer liable for an independent contractor's employees.
A company is not liable for employees doing stuff outside the scope of their assigned duties that does not further the employer's interests. An employer has no duty to prevent an employee from being a fool at work.
No. The employer is responsible.
He's not. The employer is the one who pays the state unemployment taxes.
Your comp should be grandfathered in with the contract upon its purchase, but it might be excluded, you would have to check with your new employer to see which case applys to you.
Yes - even in the absence of a workers comp policy, the employer is responsible for a work related injury
Yes, as this violates the Employment Act (regarding the United Kingdom).
Vicarious liability or "respondeat superior."
The Alberta Human Rights Commission's website has a section on the rights and responsibilities of employers. It states for what an employer is and is not liable in clear terms.
For example; the employer of an employee who injures someone through a negligent act while in the scope of their employment - that employer is vicariously liable for damages to the injured person.
Yes. Any accident that happens on the job is defacto job related. If your employer argues, consult legal aid.