2016 subcontractor designation impacts

It would appear that many of the participants on RCS wouldn't be feel much impact from this, but for those who are still defining the help as a subcontractor, take a gander at page 60 of the February issue of Roofing Contractor.

It's another step in the right direction. They, (gooberment), could just make it plain/simple & clear, but that's not the way we do things - Yeah, time will tell- Kinda parallels the illegal workforce phenomenon....etc. - etc.....

Yes, working in the residential market, (east of the continental divide that is), as a legit roofing contractor is like running up-hill with a full backpack.....Some of us just keep on - keep'n on though.....

OS, I do believe some changes are coming that will clean this situation up. Not sure if it will be in our lifetime though.

Our operation is a straight up, employees staffed roofing contractor. It's who we are and what we do. We don't call ourselves a "home improvement" company, nor do we classify our work as anything but residential steep slope roofing. Our work comp and liability underwriters rate us as such, and we pay the premium assigned to that risk.

We don't allow ourselves to get sucked into price wars. Those homeowners focused on price are not qualified to be our customers . . . it's that simple.