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How can one distinguish between reputable contractors and those one should avoid working with without any prior experience?
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A good contractor provides quality input, when you meet to discuss your plans. The good ones will help you realize your dreams. The bad ones will merely take down your ideas, itemize the list, add prices and ask for your signature, and your cash. What you want is the contractor, who does a thorough inspection and demonstrates knowledge of what is n
Could home care providers be independent contractors instead of employees?
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Workers who are independent contractors, meaning they are in business for themselves rather than economically dependent on an employer, do not have to be paid according to the requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. To determine whether the worker is an independent contractor or an employee, factors to consider include: 1) The extent to which
What is Home Improvement Contractors (HIC)?
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Home Improvement Contractor ("HIC") is defined as any person who owns or operates a contracting business who, through himself or others, undertakes, purports to have the capacity to undertake, offers to undertake, or submits a bid for residential contracting work to an owner, as such work is defined in 780 CMR R6 and Massachusetts General Law chapt