I can hire anybody I want, except a minor, without additional paperwork.
I will get fined if I get found without insurance in force on the guy. A new hire also has to be put through the child-support system. Here, if you get behind no child-support payments, they pull your driver's license to facilitate you getting to work and making money!! I have to report the guy to the Worker's Compensation/ Industrial Insurance people quarterly. If they came by, sat in their car across the street and too pictures of the work site, they can then issue safety citations.
Say the new guy doesn't understand he has to wear his helmet while in the work zone. He is out of sight of me, he get's caught. That's a $1000 or $2000 fine for me, whichever, no leg pro for chainsaws is the other amount.
The temp agency guy I tried showed up asking if I thought this was going to be hard on his back, as he has a bad back. Skinny guy, too. I could try it again. Maybe with more advance notice and more regular work, I could get a decent temp worker. I"m not holding my breathe.
I see guys on the street that have the Will Work signs every once in a while, but always isn't the right time. I'd like to hire a guy like that casually.
If something happens, like a guy cases the house, and steals stuff. I could be on the hook if I didn't do a background check. Has happened where a new hire was a predator and attacked the wife (something like that at an ISA training).
Things we don't know, like having a written driving test on file, not just a clean driving record, is important. I just just just did one for me and my employee the day before the stroller into the street, and the guy cutting off the chip truck. Weird.
I meant Scott... 
