Mark Massey Jan 15, 2021 a 9:01 am PST

Subcontractors do that work. They have their own employees and carry their own WC insurance. A Contractor is simply the organizer. Think of the guy whom you might hire to refurbishes a kitchen. He might arrange for plans and drawings, and hire the subcontractor who does windows, the subcontractor who does floors, the sub who does cabinets, he might hire a decorator to help the owner select lighting and appliances, and he would hire the lighting and appliance installation people too. Should the Contractor, the orchestrator of this job have to insure all these diverse subcontracted workers, including the employers of those workers who show up at the subcontractor employer's behest to do what the Contractor hired him and his workers to do? This bill is short-sighted and overbroad. It will kill the Contractor business and require owners to hire each subcontracting specialist on his own. What a hassle.