kassandra, I just noticed in your profile that you live in Canada, thus what programs your area has is probably different than what we have here in the States.
There are a few people on the forum who live in Canada, so hopefully they will be able to give you information.
"I have been talking care of my friend jeff clean his house and cook for him and I help him keep his Dr. appointments and more he has been paying me what little he could to help me out for helping him out and then I went down with him to life scan to get finger printed and pay 50$ fee so I can be his caretaker and get paid for it I was wondering what else I would have to do?"
- have a written employment contract with him specifying your hourly rate (no less than the minimum wage), your hours, your days off, etc.
- consider getting liability insurance to protect yourself
- check your state laws about caregivers as employees. Jeff will need to pay you by check, withhold taxes, report quarterly and provide you a W2 at the end of each year IF your state automatically considers you an employee (like in my state).
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There are a few people on the forum who live in Canada, so hopefully they will be able to give you information.
"I have been talking care of my friend jeff clean his house and cook for him and I help him keep his Dr. appointments and more he has been paying me what little he could to help me out for helping him out and then I went down with him to life scan to get finger printed and pay 50$ fee so I can be his caretaker and get paid for it I was wondering what else I would have to do?"
- have a written employment contract with him specifying your hourly rate (no less than the minimum wage), your hours, your days off, etc.
- consider getting liability insurance to protect yourself
- check your state laws about caregivers as employees. Jeff will need to pay you by check, withhold taxes, report quarterly and provide you a W2 at the end of each year IF your state automatically considers you an employee (like in my state).
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