Legal Question in Employment Law in Florida

Home owner/architect/general contractor won't pay

A home owner is acting as her own gen. contractor. She is a lic. arhitect. I was hired at the rate of $25 per hour. She was displeased at me and advised me that she would finish project and let me go. She owes me $1375 and is telling me that until the work I did passes inspection she refuses to pay me. Her agreement with the city is ''to activly supervise''. Do I have legal leverage against her? Since she is technically my employer is she lible for ss and fica?


Asked on 2/11/04, 11:44 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Kelly Henderson

Re: Home owner/architect/general contractor won't pay

You do not give me all the facts. Still, in Florida an unpaid subcontractor can file a lien on the property they have worked on. If not paid, that lien can be the basis of a foreclosure action on the property to secure payment. Look for an attorney who is knows construction lien law.

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Answered on 2/12/04, 12:32 pm


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