When you already know which consultants you want to use, Employer of Record can immediately reduce your cost of engaging those consultants by 20% or more. That translates into thousands of dollars of savings on each consultant.

If you use many consultants, your back office systems can be quickly overwhelmed by the flood of recurring paperwork that consultants generate. Clover´s online Consultant Service Center eliminates or reduces these "hidden" back office costs and headaches.

During the past few years the IRS and state taxing authorities have significantly stepped up an already massive campaign to seek out and reclassify 1099 / independent contractors to W-2 employees. Fortune 100 companies, such as Time Warner, Microsoft and Allstate have each been involved in highly publicized cases in which they received significant fines, penalties and interest from misclassifying workers.

While the laws regarding independent contractors have not changed significantly the enforcement has. Quite simply, the taxing authorities have been focusing on this area because this is an area where significant revenue can be raised.

While most pension plans do allow for retirees to return to their former employers, in general, the number of hours a retiree can work is severely limited. Returning retirees are often critical to a company´s operation, and it is both impractical and inefficient to utilize these valuable resources on such a limited basis.

Furthermore, in today´s downsized world of corporate America, where everyone wears many different hats, it is virtually impossible to monitor each retiree on a weekly basis to ensure that they are not going over the limited number of hours they are permitted to work.

While it is true that many independent contractors are reluctant to lose their "independence", Clover shows these workers the advantages of being on our payroll. We educate the worker as to the tax implications of being a 1099 vs. a W-2 employee of Clover. We also discuss with them the nature of our company and the many benefits we offer, which include health insurance, 401(k), deferred compensation and expense reimbursement, among others.

Former independent contractors generally appreciate the fact that we are not a staffing firm, but instead, are a company with a specialized focus on this issue and the tax implications involved. These workers take pride in their independence and while they are often reluctant to work for a temporary service, they are generally very receptive to Clover and the unique business model we represent.