How can I setup my sitters as employees?
Some companies have their sitters act as independent contractors while others treat them as employees. What is best for you will depend on your state laws and how you run your business. There is a good breakdown of the differences between the two on the IRS website here.
Precise Petcare is setup by default to treat sitters as independent contractors (with much more freedom), but there are a couple options that you can set where your sitters will be treated more like employees on the Business Settings > Pet Sitters & Journals page:
- Set Pet Sitter Assignment Mode to "Immediately added to Pet Sitter schedule" to prevent them from being able to decline visits or needing to accept them
- Set Availability / Time Off to "Pet Sitter time off must be approved" so instead of telling you when they're available they will need to explicitly request time off and have it approved
Where can I find how much to pay my sitters?
Use the Billing > Payroll page to keep track of how much you have paid your sitters. More info here: https://precisepetcare.freshdesk.com/support/solutions/articles/1000265108-payroll