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Independent contractor or employee?
Classifying workers appropriately is an important risk management activity for any business. According to the Houston CPA Society, employers who misclassify ......(Continue Reading) Out of Dutch: hard work pays off for BC interior contractor John Van Ommen, who has gone from trading RRSPs to buy a used skidder to running a 20-employee
When John Van Ommen started working in the bush at 15 years old, he didn't realize logging would become a life long obsession. Thirty years later, he has a crew that numbers in excess of 20 people du...(Continue Reading)Federal contractor must pay disability to employee injured in barroom "horseplay" while working on atoll
Kalama Serv., Inc. v. Director, Office of Workers' Comp. Programs, ___ F. 3d ___, No. 01-0774, 2004 WL 65149 (9th Cir. Dec. 2,2003). The Ninth Circuit ......(Continue Reading)Employee or independent contractor?
One question we are often asked in our practice is whether a particular individual working for a company should, as a legal matter, be treated as an ......(Continue Reading)Fine focus: allied short-line distributors stay competitive on contractor pricing and employee retention
Fast approaching its 10-year anniversary in 2005, the Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based Select Independent Distributors of America (S.I.D.A.) has transformed ......(Continue Reading)
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