Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs) can offer significant benefits and cost savings to businesses, but there can also be hidden pitfalls that business owners and managers need to understand. The benefits and savings possible by using a PEO are heavily promoted in the marketing efforts of PEOs, but lax regulation and oversight of the industry mean ...
The California Contractors State License Board has a licensing classification (C-28) called “Lock and Security Equipment.” This means that locksmiths and other security-equipment experts need to get a license to do independent work as a contractor in California. The board mandates a certain amount of actual work experience before issuance of a locksmith license. An ...
Workers’ Compensation insurance in the United States utilizes a complicated formula for calculating the premiums that employers must pay. One of the most important, most fundamental, yet most misunderstood elements of this formula involves the various classifications that are employed. The theory behind the classification system is generally understood–different kinds of work involve different inherent ...
The California Contractors State License Board issues contractor licenses for dozens of specialty construction fields. Those who lay concrete and do other concrete-related construction work must have a California concrete contractor license. Those who individually qualify or companies with a qualifying person can get a license. Such person must obtain a certain amount of concrete ...
California has a special licensing requirement for welders. Individuals seeking to work independently (or qualify a company for a license) need to get a license from the California Contractors State License Board. This state agency issues welding licenses upon successful completion of a certain amount of work experience and two separate exams for California welders. ...
If you have a business in Oklahoma and you have employees you generally must have workers’ compensation insurance coverage. Workers’ compensation insurance will provide your employees with medical treatment, rehabilitation, payment for time lost, and disability if they suffer a work-related injury or illness. In the case of accidental death, workers’ compensation provides benefits to ...
If you have a business in Illinois and you have employees you generally must have workers’ compensation insurance coverage. According to the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission, everyone hired, injured, or whose employment is located in Illinois must be covered. As an employer, you must have workers’ compensation coverage even if you have just one part-time ...