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Self Employed: Handling Your Workload When Not Feeling Well

Is It Time To Form A Partnership Or Work For An Employer?

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Consider using your diagnosis as a trigger to think about whether you want to continue as a self employed person, or if this is the time to join forces with a colleague in a partnership type arrangement or to go to work for some one else.

Consider whether either of these arrangements would:

  • Mean less time you would need to devote to work.
  • Reduce stress. Studies show that stress reduces the immune system.
  • Provide more job satisfaction.
  • Provide more money.
  • Provide benefits, such as health insurance, retirement benefits and vacations.

Before you join forces with someone, it is a good idea to give the person a project so you can see how well he or she performs. You'll also have an opportunity to tweak the work to your style.

Even if you don't bring someone on board now, if you think through your game plan for finding the person if needed, you'll be able to move forward without delay if the time comes. The sooner you have a plan, the sooner you can relax - as will the people around you.

A potential employer cannot ask about your health condition. Under a federal law known as HIPAA, you may be able to get health insurance from an employer without an exclusion for your existing health condition if you have any type of health insurance. At the least, the period of time that a pre-existing condition is excluded is likely to be limited - and you would have coverage for whatever else might happen in the meantime.


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