When a homeowner stops paying, small claims court is sized for the invoice, but the state limit, who may appear for your company, the licensing bar on unlicensed work and collecting the judgment all decide whether it is worth filing. State limits, the filing steps and what happens after you win.
The construction Sectoral Employment Order sets Irish minimum rates from €17.28 to €23.74 an hour since 1 August 2026, plus pension, death-in-service and sick pay contributions. Who it covers, which category each worker is in, and what a 39-hour week costs.
Since 26 August 2025, small business employees can refuse unreasonable after-hours contact. You can still call; what matters is why, how, and whether you pay them to be available. The five factors, what trade awards allow, and an on-call set-up.
Section 179 and 100% bonus depreciation both turn on one test: the asset has to be ready and available for use by December 31. Ordering it is not the same thing — and the cargo bed decides the cap.
The nine details a landlord gas safety record must carry under regulation 36, how the two-month early window keeps the landlord's deadline, what to write when an appliance is unsafe, and how long the record is kept.
The Building Amendment Bill would make a home warranty compulsory on consented new homes and on renovations of $100,000 or more with restricted building work, and switch to proportionate liability. What it would change for builders, and where it stands before the election.
Form I-9 walked through in the order a new hire meets it: the current edition, Section 1 on day one, Section 2 by day three, the documents you may not ask for, the spring recall of a seasonal crew, subcontracted labor, and the three business days after an ICE Notice of Inspection.
The Construction Contracts Act gives a subcontractor on any job over €10,000 a statutory payment cycle, a 21-day response deadline, a right to suspend and a 28-day adjudication. All of it starts with a payment claim notice delivered within five days of the payment claim date. Which jobs the Act covers, what the notice must say, what the Schedule gives you when the contract is silent, and what to do on day 22.
Australia has eight state and territory workers compensation schemes. Here's which one covers your staff, when a subcontractor counts as your worker and what the premium is calculated on, with the detail from NSW and Victoria.
If more than half your business income comes from construction, the CRA wants a T5018 slip for each Canadian-resident subcontractor paid more than $500 for construction services. Who files, what goes on a slip, the reporting-period choice, the six-month deadline, electronic filing and the penalties.
