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> 1099 is definitely the way to go for as long as you can - people still get social security credit.

Dirty secret of remote work is that lots of companies are abusing the 1099 system to make it happen. The workers definitely don't meet rules for being 1099, but tax compliance (not to mention sorting out benefits) across a whole bunch of states and even countries is crazy overhead, so the realistic options are to make everyone 1099, or to only hire from one state.

... then again, a bunch of bigcos abuse 1099 for non-remote employees all the time and have for years, so, not like this is unique to smaller all-remote or remote-friendly companies.