Responsible Managing Employee Rules Are No Joke: Failure to Adhere to Responsible Managing Employee Requirements May Result in Waiver of the Contractor’s Right to Compensation for Work Performed
For the second time in calendar year 2022, the Court of Appeal of California has found California Contractors State Licensing Laws bar contractors from collecting for work performed. (See Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP Partner Daniel McLennon’s Law Note on Kim v. TWA Construction, Inc. (2022) 78 Cal.App.5th 808, finding that licensed contractor could not collect payment for work performed by an unlicensed subcontractor notwithstanding that the contractor was itself licensed to perform that work.)
In an opinion that should be a warning to all contractors in California
