Middleton & Company Insurance

05/14/2023

Merchants Insurance Group has announced that Middleton & Company of Newton, New Jersey is the company’s 2022 Agent of the Year!

08/18/2022

Stealing Your Business: Cyber Security - Get out of Harm's Way!!!

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'Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world.' – Ginni Rometty, Former CEO, IBM Your business has what cyber criminals want. As a

08/10/2021

NJ Independent Contractors and Worker Misclassification Penalties
New Jersey is one of the most aggressive states in the nation when it comes to punishing employers who misclassify workers as independent contractors. Now, in addition to facing criminal, civil and administrative penalties, new state laws have significantly expanded the state’s enforcement powers.
NJBIA has updated its Fast Fact document, Independent Contractors and Worker Misclassification, to provide members with the latest information on changes to worker misclassification laws and penalties, which now include stop-work orders that could shut down all an employer’s worksites and business locations if the state labor commissioner says workers are being misclassified as independent contractors.
Worker misclassification occurs when an employer hires someone and incorrectly (whether intentionally or unintentionally) treats that person as an independent contractor rather than an employee as required by law. Employers do not have to pay unemployment taxes, disability taxes, Social Security taxes, or workers’ compensation premiums for independent contractors, which is why the state and federal governments take worker misclassification seriously.
The New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOL) estimates $535 million in taxes go unreported due to employee misclassification, which is why both the NJDOL and IRS conduct random audits of businesses to check for workers that are misclassified as independent contractors.
Read the NJBIA Independent Contractors and Worker Misclassification Fast Fact here to learn more about the criteria used to determine if a worker has been misclassified and how your business can avoid running afoul of laws, including the four new bills signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on July 8.

https://njbia.org/what-nj-employers-need-to-know-about-independent-contractor-law-changes/

05/28/2021

Happy Memorial Day from all of us at Middleton & Company!

04/06/2021

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Huge increase in Cyber Attacks during COVID-19 shut down. https://lnkd.in/dv9unxy...

04/06/2021

Cyber Criminals ARE Stealing your Business!

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11/11/2020

Happy Veterans Day

09/10/2020

Huge increase in Cyber Attacks during COVID-19 shut down.

There is a cartoon in The New Yorker of March 30, 2020 showing four mobsters, one with a gun, sitting around a table. The caption reads: “For health and safety reasons, we’ll be transitioning to cyber crime.” You can see the cartoon at https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a24009 No kidding! The h...

05/07/2020

2020 NJLCA Trade Show with Kelsey Grammer