Q: Is your agency a registry or an employee-based company, what’s the difference?

A: Affordable Connecticut Care is proudly an employee-based agency. This means that we withhold and contribute to taxes, Social Security and Medicare, and we file all necessary tax reports. We provide worker’s compensation coverage to our employees, liability insurance and are bonded. With a registry type agency, the client is responsible for paying worker’s compensation coverage and withholding and contributing to taxes, Social Security and Medicare. The client is also responsible for finding their own coverage when their current caregiver needs a break or days off. The cost may be slightly lower for a registry type agency but the liability is up to the client. Registries use Independent Contractors which by law cannot be supervised by an agency, we, in contrast closely supervise our workforce to assure quality of services.