On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Well, if I were the only one who worked on it, the explanation could be
> simple incompetence, but others, professionals, tried.  The automotive
> window/skylight shop owner refused payment for the half day his workers put
> on it, but I paid anyway.  His workers, like in most automotive shops, work
> by piecework pay.  He passed what I paid on to the workers, or actually
> told me to just pay them directly.  mcneely
>
>
  Really?  They pay the workers piecework in shops?

 So every mechanic who works in my state has to have his own business
license, insurance, bond and everything else?  They'd be subcontractors
here and subject to huge nasty fines for working without the proper
license...
  The employer, the shop owner, he doesn't have to provide any benefits to
these workers, then...and the state, it gets a fee from every guy who works
in the shop rather than just a single fee for the shop as a whole?   I
don't think Workmans Compensation covers Self Employed, and I know
Unemployment Insurance doesn't apply to them, either.

 Last time I checked, the fee to get a sub's license, bonding and insurance
to comply with my state's requirements were nearly $3000....a lot of cash
for nothing but the right to go punch in and work all day