Side Work

It may seem compassionate to permit side work, as many of us had done. However, should the shhht hit the fan, in the eyes of a jury and a sharpie attorney, these employees could be construed as your agents, making you and your insurance carriers responsible. Moon lighting has been done forever, but the consequences for employers can be disasterous. By being a good guy, you can wind up w/ the short end of the stick.>>>

Alright , oddly enough I find myself in alignment with Jed s post Whoa!! B) :woohoo: :woohoo: B) The H/O can pull their own permit in Fl. That wold settle that problem . As long as you are not stealing work from the company and or using equipment not requested . That is where I draw the line .>>>

I guess it all depends on to what extremes the employee will go to get the side work. Is it a friend of his or someone from his church that asked for a favor or is it one of your potential customers that you quoted at $5000 and he quoted at $3500? We had a lot of that going on here several years ago and it damn near bankrupted this business.

Is he using your residual supplies for the job? Things that you would normally keep in stock (coil nails, felt, flashings, etc). If so then I would spank him hard. I would give him my bid for what it would take for me to finish the job and he would have to pay my price.

If this appears to be a first-time thing that went wrong for him, maybe I would help him out for a small fee. I would most certainly have a long talk with him and his "crew". Make them realize that if they want to make the big bucks during the day, they can't steal work from the boss.

We have a loose policy about side work. We ask to be informed about it and have no problem if it is a family member or close friend but that is where we draw the line.>>>

No problem with it at all, unless as stated it stems from the companies customer base. I always worked w/ends when I could back in the day.....had to really...young and married, you want nice shit, you better work hard. I found that one shingle roof from, say someone at the wifes work would usually lead to another, then another etc Nowadays all I have to say is, "If you wanna work w/ends on the side that's fine, but you better not be draggin ass come Monday".>>>

My first question is where did this "side" work come from. I mean the lead that sold it. Was it from one of my jobs? If so hes fired! If not then How well do you know this person. Is he one of the good ones or not? If hes a good guy and loyal to you and would truly be grateful then i would help him out explaining that this is a one time deal. Never again! Comprende' Amigo? Of course i would have to get my money back on the deal plus at least a small profit.>>>

They are free to do as much "side" work as they want as long as they are not using your equipment. Sounds like he doesn't have any insurance either. Tough for him. What is in it for you? Does he want you to pull the permit? Does he want you to finish the job for him? Is he going to pay you? How much? Can he afford it since he doesn't have the insurance? What is your liability?

I would just contract directly with the homeowner at whatever your rates are. Sounds like he doesn't get paid for what he did. Gee, too bad. Next time he will know and you don't have to worry about setting a "policy" He will already know what the consequences are.>>>