Which is the way it was done before the government started regulating us all to death.
Many of hubby's fellow plumbers started out as summertime ditch diggers when they were in school. They weren't formal 'employees', they were just day laborers.
As far as I know, you now have to be 18 just to be on the job site!
Thats just it Most Plumbers are not just plumbers.
We are!
Business owners.
Sales staff.
Quality control.
Human resource person.
Coustomer satisfaction person.
Educator of employees.
Hvac Tech.
Purchasing agent.
Delivery driver.
Heavy equiptment operator& mechanic.
Liason to the IRS.
Bookkeeper Accountant and payroll master.
Emergency Job site DR ready with the duct tape.
Just to name a few hats we wear every day>