Sweeney, Mason, Wilson & Bosomworth would like to remind all employers that they are required to use a revised I-9 Form to verify the employment eligibility of new employees beginning May 7, 2013. The key revisions to the form include:
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
Sometimes the ‘landscape’ of contractor’s regulation is like ‘separating the forest from the trees’. We give added perspective to a recent answer that some thought had us ‘barking’ up the wrong tree! We save another aspiring contractor half of what he might have paid to license his corporation…
from J. Kevin Pedrotti, Legislative Advocate for the Golden State Builders Exchanges (GSBE)
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
A contractor unsure about what license is required to ‘cut the deck’ is in the cards this time. We offer a second ‘deal’ on a ‘bad hand’ dealt to a contractor who got incorrect advice on asbestos abatement from a friend, but begin with a sub-contractor who ‘folded’ on the game before it was finished…
Q: I am a General Building Contractor and one of the sub-contractors that I hired to do some installations left the job unfinished. What can I do about this?
by Abdulaziz, Grossbart & Rudman
By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.
“Measure twice and cut once” is a good rule carpenters use to get a cut right.
Getting the right information in the highly complex license regulations that ‘rule’a contractor’s world is also essential. We ‘take-off’ with a mix of ‘half and half’ questions that help illustrate why contractors should consider expert assistance in following the rules different states require…
by John McGill
When you work on a public works project, which is any project that involves contribution of public funds, you need to pay prevailing wage. There are some exceptions, the most important being when the project is undertaken by a charter city that has opted out of requiring prevailing wage for projects funded by the charter city and that are not of statewide concern. All other projects require that contractors pay their workers the prevailing wage.