May 17, 2016
Were They Employees or Contractors? OSHA Fine Hangs in Balance
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A maintenance man was fined $5,600 when two handymen he hired violated OSHA regs. OSHA claimed the maintenance guy was their employer, so he was responsible. The maintenance man appealed, saying the two men were hired contractors. What did the court say?
Jack Durham was the maintenance man responsible for fixing things at an Alabama strip mall owned by Mitchell Companies. Durham did repair work at the mall for about 20 years per a verbal agreement.
Durham used to do most the work himself. But in recent years, he began hiring handymen to do jobs he no longer felt comfortable doing.
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