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In the state of North Carolina, the state labor laws do not require that employers report their independent contractors when they report their employees when it comes to new hires. Independent contractors are typically defined as people you are paying for a one-time service, and that service usually does not have anything to do with the primary purpose of your business. Say, you own an ice cream store (can you tell I am hungry?), and you need your employee bathroom renovated in that ice cream store. The person you hire to do that construction on your ice cream store most likely would be considered an independent contractor in North Carolina.

Why? Basically, that bathroom renovation does not have to deal with the primary purpose of your business, which is the making and selling of ice cream and other delicious treats. So when you pay that builder a lump sum of money to repair your bathroom, you are essentially hiring him as an independent contractor and in the state of North Carolina would not have to report him to the state for new hiring purposes.

Of course, all employees that have to deal with the primary purpose of your business—you have to report them to the state when you first hire them. So the kids that scoop out and serve your ice cream, and the ice cream makers you hire, they all would need to be reported when you first hire them. If one of those ice cream scoopers takes off for the second semester of the school year to get better grades, when they returned to work for you in the summer, you would have to report them again to the state as a new re-hire.

How can you make sure to report all of this information properly? Read on, and hopefully I can help you out today.

In North Carolina (NC) the Department of Human Resources is there to serve you either as the business owner or as the employee. This department is designed to help with all aspects of employment. This can range from helping to enforce the employment laws to helping you with unemployment benefits. This department is here to help you in so many different facets and aspects many of which we do not realize.

Over the course of three short years the Department of Human Resources in North Carolina has worked to lower the unemployment rate in the state from 6.7 to 4.8 percent n July of 2006. The current number matches that of the national average which is saying a lot for us considering where the unemployment rate was just three years ago. Since 2001 this department has receive $1.75 billion in federal funds in order to help with the job training and workforce development in the state. Much of theses funds has been used to help in developing and further establishing what are called on stop employment training centers. In these centers if you are unemployed they will help you to acquire a new skill set so as to be able to reestablish yourself in the workplace.

These are just some of the things that North Carolina is doing to help you and I to get back on our feet and to become a place where people want to work and stay. There are other programs established as well as places that you can go to in order to receive help as well as unemployment benefits while you are not working or are searching for a replacement job. But that is not all that this department does it is also responsible for protecting our minor employees as well as promoting a safe work environment for all of us to enjoy.