[RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) with volunteer labor

[fred.dudley at hklaw.com]

"For compensation" is part of the statutory definition of contracting.

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From: Robert Lash [mailto:rob at moodysalzman.com]
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 03:27 PM
To: RPPTL constructionlaw <constructionlaw at lists.flabarrpptl.org>
Subject: Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) with volunteer labor

Hey Rob D.
My understanding is that as long as a permit is pulled by the GC and appropriate trades, and as long as the volunteers are not compensated in anyway, the volunteers are not required to be licensed. I recently had the same question asked by one of the Gainesville Rotary clubs. They wanted to have volunteers work on a project in Gainesville.  I contacted Jim Patton with DBPR and was informed that no license is required if the volunteers are not compensated. Hope that helps.
Rob L

From: constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces at lists.flabarrpptl.org] On Behalf Of Robert E. Doan
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:31 AM
To: RPPTL constructionlaw
Subject: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] Commercial Job (church) with volunteer labor

A church owner wants to use “volunteers� from the congregation to do much of the labor on a renovation.  A GC will be paid to pull permits and actually supervise and direct the work (not just pull permits and disappear.)  GC is concerned about liability for these volunteers if they are injured on the job and would like to address it as much as possible contractually and/or with waivers/releases signed by the volunteers.

Anyone dealt with this scenario before.  If so, please reply directly to me at:  robert at lawgainesville.com<mailto:robert at lawgainesville.com>


Robert E. Doan
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