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Your statement below about the homeowner needing to do payroll, etc is what
I remembered but I just can't find the reference.  I'd just like something
in official writing to give to this guy to show that he needs this even when
he's doing work for a homeowner.  He's registered as an LLC and does have
current liability but he just never renewed his exemption.  When I told him
I needed a copy of it that's when he proceeded to tell me that he didn't
need it for the previous jobs he'd been doing but he knew he needed it if he
worked for a contractor.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken S. [mailto:procoatpaint at juno.com] 
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 6:42 AM
To: Ken at artisanbilt.com
Cc: codetalk at myfloridacode.com
Subject: Re: [Florida Code Talk] Workers Comp Coverage/Exemption

Ken Rodgers,
   Sounds like "hogwash" story from this "sub". 
   As a contractor he should have comp coverage on employees, and or,
exemption on him/officers of business.
   If he is working for the homeowner, and not holding himself out to the
public as a contractor, then he becomes an "EMPLOYEE" of the homeowner. The
homeowner must then do payroll on him, with state and federal deductions,
etc. If he is hired as employee, I'd advise that he should want Workers Comp
coverage on himself via homeowner, to cover in the event he is injured.
  Here are our state regs on this. Pretty well spelled out.

 https://www.workcompcentral.com/wiki/index.php/Florida_Labor_Codes_440.10

 
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=C
h0489/ch0489.htm

Regards,  
Ken S.

   

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