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  • Can Your Website Photos Trigger an OSHA Investigation? A Florida Contractor’s Guide

    • August 22, 2025
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    The Hidden Liability in Your Marketing Materials You built your contracting business by showcasing quality work. Your website displays impressive before-and-after photos, workers scaling rooftops, HVAC technicians reaching new heights, and lighting professionals handling towering equipment replacing light bulbs in commercial grade buildings. These images tell your company’s story and demonstrate expertise to potential clients. But what

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  • Why Worker’s Compensation Insurance Is So Important

    • September 5, 2022
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    It is important for contractors to have adequate worker’s compensation and general liability insurance to protect themselves from the risks associated with working on a construction site. Even if a project is not currently underway, Florida’s insurance requirements apply to all active licenses. When a contractor’s license is issued in Florida, the state gives the

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  • MAXIMUM WORKERS’ COMPENSATION RATE GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1

    • January 9, 2017
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    Growth through innovation/creativity. Rather than be constrained by ideas for new products, services and new markets coming from just a few people, a Thinking Corporation can tap into the employees.

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  • 1099 EMPLOYEE IS AN OXYMORON

    • November 21, 2016
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    If you elect to pay your “employees” on a 1099 basis instead of W2, they then become independent contractors, not employees. Since they are not employees, you don’t have to cover them under your insurance. Two important things to remember about independent contractors is that they must have their own insurances and licenses. Workers’ compensation

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  • WORKERS’ COMPENSATION EXEMPTIONS

    • November 1, 2016
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    At Licenses Etc., we believe in sharing important information with our clients and the contracting community. Below, we want to bring attention to the issue of workers’ compensation exemptions. An employer in the construction industry who employs one or more part or full-time employees must obtain workers’ compensation coverage. Sole proprietors, partners, members of a

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