Nobody really associates tech startups with frequent on-the-job injuries. Early stage tech companies are usually shipping code and not shipping big heavy things. They usually aren’t factories and the most obvious employee injury hazard is… carpal tunnel. But every New York startup and every startup with New York employees needs to hold workers’ comp insurance. Not knowing – or forgetting –...
New York Startups: Better Call
The two ways to hand a new hire a PIIA
There is a slew of typical first day paperwork activities for tech startup hires. Filling out a W-4 and an I-9. Benefits and direct deposit signups. And signing a PIIA. PIIA is short for Proprietary Information and Inventions Agreement. Some companies call them Confidential Information and Invention Assignment Agreements, or CIIAAs. The name is usually only different because a startup’s law...
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