What happens if the owner dies?

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I just found out that the actual owner of the company I work at died a long time ago. I'm starting to question what's going on here? We don't pull permits because we do maintenance work. How do I find out if the company I'm working at is actually a legal company? This is in nj
 
No longer the actual owner, then. Ownership will have passed to the heirs unless there was a document saying otherwise. It's entirely possible that nobody updated the various gov't records to show the change.

As for finding out, most state Secretaries of State or the equivalent have a business search web site.
 
Electricalartist said:
I just found out that the actual owner of the company I work at died a long time ago. I'm starting to question what's going on here? We don't pull permits because we do maintenance work. How do I find out if the company I'm working at is actually a legal company? This is in nj
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Was he a licensed contractor?
 
zbang said:
No longer the actual owner, then. Ownership will have passed to the heirs unless there was a document saying otherwise. It's entirely possible that nobody updated the various gov't records to show the change.

As for finding out, most state Secretaries of State or the equivalent have a business search web site.
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Are they allowed to just pass an electric company on to someone else? I went on the business search website, put in the information they asked and I'm not getting anything out of it I might have to call them.
 
In NJ you have 6 months to find another license holder after the principle dies. The state is known for lax enforcement. I knew someone who let their license expire and continued to operate for years.
 
Do you have reason to believe they are operating illegally? Why the sudden concern? As long as they have license holder I don’t think they owe you answers or anything but your paycheck on pay days
 
One of my customers is the county tax commissioner, and we were talking about another customer we both knew, and that customer’s dad passed away 40 years ago, and the family farm is still in his name! LOL!
 
Electricalartist said:
I just found out that the actual owner of the company I work at died a long time ago. I'm starting to question what's going on here? We don't pull permits because we do maintenance work. How do I find out if the company I'm working at is actually a legal company? This is in nj
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If they are only doing maintenance type work and never pull any permits then you may not be working for an electrical contractor.

I don't know how things work in New Jersey but here in GA it's possible to get a business license at the local level to do maintenance work . These companies are limited to doing work that doesn't require a permit but that doesn't seem to stop them from doing much more.

You probably need to find out if you are working for an electrical contractor with a master's licensed so that you can get credit for that time if you ever intend to get your own license.

If it were me I would just ask the people you work for if they have a state masters license. This could be important later on in life.
 
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As long as they have license holder I don’t think they owe you answers or anything but your paycheck on pay days
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If the OP ever goes to get his electrical license he will need to prove that he has time working under a master electrician.

Other than that it's good to know if they are paying social security, unemployment insurance and workman's comp. If I were a young electrician I would want to know all of that information.
 
growler said:
If the OP ever goes to get his electrical license he will need to prove that he has time working under a master electrician.

Other than that it's good to know if they are paying social security, unemployment insurance and workman's comp. If I were a young electrician I would want to know all of that information.
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Granted I get all of that and understand but these are answer you would have wanted to get at the time of employment.

The part that threw me off is " owner died a long time ago" so it's not like something would have recently changed.
 
If anyone is interested just out of curiosity if you PM me I will tell you the company name and what I think the license number is. I don't want to put it on here just in case I'm wrong. But if I'm right it would line up with why they do such shoddy sketchy work. I would literally with my own eyes and I couldn't believe what I was watching.
Witness the foreman replace about 12 2x4 fluorescent fixtures into LED fixtures. And completely leave The wire out of the box hanging in the drop ceiling as if it was temporary. And on top of that his helper was throwing out the covers that come with these lights. He saw me staring in all because I was up in the ceiling doing other lights correctly and he's trying to tell me that the wires are too short and he's going to box them later on...... I'm about 99% sure it's still the same way with no box. All you have to do was cut some zip ties to get slack or re route a wire or two.
 
All I can say is there are many electrical contractors in NJ looking for qualified help, it sounds like it was time to move on a long time ago.
 
It’s an employees market right now, I have one industrial customer that’s begging for help. Not that hard of a job, assembling commercial store front frames. He had one quit yesterday saying he had family issues, whatever that means….. One of the owners will be gone to Thailand for a couple of weeks to get the extrusion factory dies correct for a new line of hurricane frames he’s building and marketing. He’s got a $60,000 CNC machine coming that will help, but until then, he’s hurting for labor.
 
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I checked, and I even called. The license number on the van came up as something completely other than electric. And it seems that the company name is not licensed.
We were Working in supermarkets work was ballasts and light bulbs.... But also replacing light fixtures, disconnects, and connecting emergency generators when power goes out
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Contact your local IBEW and ask for a meeting with the business manager, they will know what to do.

When I joined the apprenticeship, my previous employer was also investigated.
 
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