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Old 06-27-2022, 04:57 PM   #508
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Originally Posted by Locke View Post
In my experience I have also seen a few cases where an Apprentice accrues all their hours and passes their tests for their Journeyman ticket and then are suddenly laid off due to 'lack of work.'

And then that job is duly refilled with someone being paid Apprentice wages.
From someone entering the fun world of construction litigation, I've noticed two things:

1. A lot of developers are complete POS. They purposely don't pay their subcontractors and tradesmen and just expect most to not sue, and the treat the ones that do as a business expense. It's pretty easy as a developer/contractor to have someone removed from a worksite.

2. We need to encourage more tradesmen to do work on their own outside of contractors. They can get paid the full amount, without a middle man taking a major portion.
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