Contract climber rate?

[chris_girard]

I think it's different being a subcontractor than an employeeas to responsibility for damage.

This gets messy when a subcontractor is working with tools and employees of the general (main) contractor.

Subs can't use/ work with general contractors', tools, employees, nor supervision/ direction.

If I hire an electrician to do something for my company, I wouldn't be involved. Same trade or different trade... no involvement (in Washington State, ymmv).

You got it Sean, that's how it is here in New Hampshire as well.

 

[Kaveman]

Hmm. Legals aside, I am personally responsible for what I break, damage or what have you. If I made the cut, it's on me. If I gave the "go" word, I am taking responsibility for what happens. I take ownership to extremes. That's what I'm paid for, responsibility to mitigate risk and the skill to complete that task.

Legal jargon aside, I do what I feel is right, even if it bites me in the ass.

 

[Bodean]

What happened to Treesmiths post? It disappeared

 

[treesmith]

I deleted it since Sean refused to answer the question. I wanted to know what he meant by “working illegally”. Working without liability insurance is not “illegal”. Illegal implies criminal activity.

 

[Marc-Antoine]

It's a matter of word's meaning. Illegal is quite broad, but it's just what's outside de laws. From slightly over speeding on the road to mass murder for example, the gap is huge. Somewhere in-between, the thing becomes qualified as criminal. So working without complying with the official system (tax, liability, insurances...) is indeed illegal, but has a long way to go to become a criminal behavior. I guess. The actual meaning for each cases is defined inside the laws themselves.

 

[treesmith]

I don’t know about all localities, but it is not illegal to work without liability insurance where I live and work. Very foolish to do so, but not illegal.

License, certification, insurance….all can be bought…and none (of their own worth) make one a professional.