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UK Firms Hire Contractors Instead of Employees to Cut Tax Bills
Aug 6 2025 // UK businesses are turning to the self-employed in an effort to rein in costs as they try to navigate Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ £26 billion ($34.5 billion) payroll tax hike. Advertised contract jobs...
California Defense Contractor and Private Equity Firm to Pay $1.75M Over Cybersecurity
Aug 5 2025 // Two California companies agreed to pay $1.75 million for failing to comply with cybersecurity requirements in an Air Force contract. Defense contractor Aero Turbine Inc., in Stockton, California, and private equity company...
Florida Taps Contractors With No Detention Experience for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Jul 3 2025 // On June 20, nearly three weeks into the Atlantic hurricane season, Florida disaster-management officials assembled a group of emergency relief contractors in Tallahassee and asked them to do something they had never done...
Maryland Woman Charged With Theft of Contractor and Insurance Funds
Jul 2 2025 // A Maryland woman has been indicted on two counts of felony theft for allegedly stealing funds from a general contractor and from the state’s backup auto insurer. Attorney General Anthony G. Brown said an Anne Arundel...
Las Vegas Drywall Contractor Must Pay $824K in Wages, Damages
Jun 16 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $824,276 in back wages and damages for 680 employees of a Las Vegas drywall contractor, which reported denied overtime pay to piece-rate and hourly workers. The department’s...
Oregon OSHA Fines Contractor for Repeatedly Violating Excavation Safety Rules
Jun 16 2025 // The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in. Oregon OSHA issued a...
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