Jonathan Peters

Owner/Executive Director

It's Complicated

Government Services

Labor Department:
For nearly 18 months I have received a weekly phone call from the Labor Department asking me to report on my # of employees. When it started I was told that I am NOT required by law to answer the questions but that they would call weekly anyway.
-I have repeatedly expressed what a waste of tax dollars this process is
-Through our payroll service a detailed summary is sent to the state and federal government for review but they find it necessary to continually call for weekly updates
-They also USPS mail a weekly reminder that they will call
-I have NEVER given them an accurate count because I think it is a waste of my time, their time and tax payer money. I have told them repeatedly that I am making up numbers...but they keep calling.

So, although I already send them the information (in detail) via my ADP payroll service...they waste money on postage, waste money on having someone call me and then they undoubtedly waste money creating inaccurate statistical outlines with the incorrect information that I have provide them. What's wrong with this picture? I thought we were trying to reduce overhead?

Morristown, New Jersey