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Plumber employment
<p>Is there any legal issue with a property management company employing a journeyman plumber to do plumbing jobs in house?</p>
<p>The management company only manages related party owned properties, specifically one spouse owns a management company which manages for properties owned by companies owned by one spouse or the other.</p>
<p>To play Devil's advocate, I'd argue that this makes the management company essentially a plumbing contractor, and as such it has to be owned by a master plumber in order to hire a journeyman. That said, we would not be offering plumbing services to the public.</p>
<p>On the other hand, I would argue that the journeyman is licensed to do the work he is doing as an independent contractor and it would be routine for a management company to hire an independent contractor and pass the bill along to the property owner, so the only real difference is paying as an employee vs paying as a contractor.</p>
<p>I'd appreciate any guidance to get me started, but I understand this is likely state specific. The state is Montana.</p>

<h2>Yes, if the management company has a plumbing contractors licence</h2>
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<p>Plumbing is “specialist work” under the <a href="https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-147#sec.12" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Home Building Act</a> and a person (including corporations) who perform such work for the public must hold a current contractor’s licence (s12). Despite the name of the Act, the restriction on specialist work apply to all types of construction.</p>
<p>Since the management company does not own the properties, they are doing work for the public notwithstanding that that “public” is limited to related corporations.</p>
