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Since 2002, the HomeBlue Contractor Network has serviced America’s home construction needs. DOVER — The owner of the company constructing the Orpheum Apartments downtown is defending the integrity of the building following claims in a federal lawsuit that the general contractor ignored structural deficiencies and fired the employee after he urged them to correct the problems.
The distinction between independent contractor and employee is an important one in the United States, as the costs for business owners to maintain employees are significantly higher than the costs associated with hiring independent contractors, due to federal and state requirements for employers to pay FICA ( Social Security and Medicare taxes) and unemployment taxes on received income for employees.
Following Y2K when I was working as an Information Technology recruiter, the market for most IT professionals – and especially contractors – went down the toilet as companies had spent their IT budget (and …