The Contractor

professional you hire deserves your trust. Untrustworthy contractors can leave you with a sealcoating job that generates only headaches for you. The answers to the following questions can help you determine whether you are hiring a reputable sealcoating professional. Can the Contractor Provide Proof of Insurance? Your sealcoating contractor should be fully insured and willing to provide you with proof of insurance. At minimum: • Verify that the contractor has workers' compensation insurance and…

initial contractor is employed by the client, then the contractor is responsible for overseeing both the design and construction phase of a project. The contractor would either have their own in house design team they would use or employ external consultants who would assist in the design phase. A novation agreement is sometimes used in a design and build contract, this is where the client employs consultants to produce their initial design then the same consultants are employed by contractor…

board as independent contractors. By Mr. Jones and Mr. Stevens dismissing the instructions given to them by Mr. Williams, the on-site manager, they were outside of their course of employment. Because of these facts, Chemco cannot be held liable for their actions. Mr. Matthew’s filed a complaint in December 1999 against Chemco due to injuries sustained while working. It is alleged that Chemco is culpable for the accident due to the negligence of the independent contractors, Mr. Jones and Mr.…

Workers’ Compensation Act, specifically at C.R.S. § 8-41-401. It states: Any person, company, or corporation operating or engaged in or conducting any business by leasing or contracting out any part or all of the work thereof to any lessee, sublessee, contractor, or subcontractor, irrespective of the number of employees engaged in such work, shall be construed…

Risk is shared between the contractors and principal some times it may be recovered by the insurance and sometimes relocated by other parties. In the contract the client and the contractor or other partied describe how risk is shared…

and EPA products are to be utilized on the dogs. These products must be in accordance with the approved product use guidelines. j. Contractor shall have appropriate staffing with the ability to recognize common health problems and know how to utilize dog health products and other control measures. k. If prevention and control methods are ineffective, the contractor and/or staff should promptly contact a veterinarian for a diagnosis and treatment program to minimize dog suffering and dog…

How to Select the Right Shingle Roofing Company Finding and evaluating a roofing contractor can be a difficult and time consuming process by itself. This becomes even more challenging when you are dealing with a broken or leaking roof, and time is of the essence. Even the most well-built roof can suffer damage, such as punctures, leaks, broken shingles, or a collapsed section from standing water, during a major weather event. If you are a homeowner in Minneapolis, you owe it to yourself to take…

independent contractors so that they can consume Herbalife products that are given to him. Further, Herbalife is a company with consistent retail sales. So, by the test given by law enforcement agencies, Herbalife is not a pyramid scheme. Further, a contractor is required to buy more products only if they need it or require it for personal use. There is a large number of contractors who do not care about commission and their "earnings" are not positive. This does not mean that contractors lose…

least two reciprocal promises: the contractor promises, which refer to accomplish the works stated in the contract, and the client promises, which undertakes the owner to pay the contractor for carrying out the works agreed in the contract. In addition, the contract generally contains a number of other promises related to the parties’ obligations. The contract should be established based on the five key components of the legal relationship between the contractor and the client, namely the scope…

a problem with the amount of contractors they were employing and the amount of money that was being funneled to these contractors. The extent in which BP was relying on contractors caused them to lose control over the projects that the contractors were completing. This in demonstrated with the company not even having a number of how many contractors they had employed, to the point where they had to stop counting (O 'Brien & Marakas, 2013). Having too many contractors puts projects out of the…