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Do Your Employees and Construction Laborers Belong to You? Depends.

Best Practices Construction Law

It is very common in the construction industry that general contractors and trade contractors will hire workers through third party management companies, independent contractors, staffing agencies and labor providers. ABC Drywall was engaged by the General Contractor to provide drywall labor for the project. ” So what?

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#97:  DOL's New Independent Contractor Regulation

NH Construction Law

In an effort to avoid the costs and risks associated with the employment relation, contractors and construction managers often prefer to hire workers as “independent contractors” rather than employees. And occasionally, they misclassify workers as independent contractors when legally they are not – with nasty consequences.