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.
Amendment 4 has been the only current version of BS 7671 since 15 October 2026. Which version a job designed earlier can follow, what the new battery chapter covers, why an FI no longer fails an EICR, and the PNB and form changes.
Automatic renewal laws decide whether an auto-renewing tune-up, pest control or lawn plan can renew: what the customer agrees to at sign-up, the reminder before renewal and how easily they can cancel. California, New York, Illinois, Florida and other states compared, and what to change in your agreement.
Federal law has no show-up pay, but waiting at the yard and the drive to a rained-out site are working time, a salaried foreman keeps his full week, and seven jurisdictions guarantee reporting time pay. What a weather day costs, state by state, and how to make the 6 a.m. call.
A full-time labourer on the National Living Wage costs a UK trade business about £27,000 in 2026/27 before insurance. The wage, employer National Insurance after the Employment Allowance, pension, sick pay and what they need to bring in each day.
A credit card surcharge is legal in most states, but only on credit cards, up to 3% or your real cost, after 30 days' notice and with the fee disclosed up front. The states that ban or cap it, New York's total-price rule, and the cash discount alternative.
