Considerations. If you have not filed a W-4 with your employer showing that you are exempt from federal tax withholding, the payroll department might have made an error. Check with your employer or someone in the payroll department as soon as possible to correct the error.f your employer shows you as exempt from federal taxes, it means that he is not withholding taxes from your paycheck. Although some employees are exempt, most are not.
The PhD in social work is strictly for research. You do not get more clinical training and thus the MSW is the terminal degree for professional practice. A social work PhD will not have any more clinical training than an MSW.
A four-year Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) is required for entry into the field in most parts of Canada. In Alberta, the entry-level requirement is the diploma in social work practice. A Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) is usually required to provide psychotherapy treatment. person with a BSW is considered a generalist and the MSW is considered a specialist or advanced generalist; a Ph.D. or D.S.W. (Doctor of Social Work) generally conducts research, teaches, or analyzes policy, often in higher education settings.