A subcontractor - contractor agreement is used when a contractor hires someone else (known as a subcontractor) to help with a specific task on a project. For example, an HVAC expert may be brought in ...

Agreements between contractors and subcontractors are governed by the law of contracts. The relationship between contractors and subcontractors is one that usually arises when a contractor bids on a ...

The federal government’s effort in mobilizing more government contractors in recent years to help the nation move forward from the COVID-19 pandemic sets a favorable precedent for the professionals in ...

Builders, general contractors, architects, engineers and others in the construction industry often use independent contractors in their work. But is the “independent contractor” you're using really an ...

The government’s major revision to labor law took effect Tuesday, allowing subcontractors to negotiate directly with contractors and expanding the scope of perm ...

A general contractor in Southern California found itself on the hook for its subcontractor’s failure to pay wages to its workers, even though the general contractor had no knowledge of it. The case ...

Federal contractors and subcontractors have a lot to consider as they navigate the challenges COVID-19 presents to the workplace. On September 9, 2021, President Biden announced his Path Out of the ...

Q: We finished some renovations on our home and made the last payment to our contractor last week. Yesterday, one of the people he brought in called us and said he had not been paid by the contractor, ...

If you're a contractor, you need to know the business structure of your subcontractors to avoid having a problem with the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS requires that you send any independent ...