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Hiring a janitorial service that is not legally licensed to work can cause several problems. One such problem is if their employees get injured while working on your property. The owner of the company could then hold you responsible.
If the janitor service is insured, there is usually not any problem. But otherwise, the injured person may expect you to foot the medical bills.
You may think that to have a good relationship with your janitor service that it is important to trust them. However, you need to be wary because even the best most open relationships change when injury and a lot of money is involved. The may have a different attitude toward you if they don't have the money to pay for medical care.
If the janitorial cleaning service has their own insurance (which they can only get if they are properly licensed and a legal company) they will have that to take care of them. Now, rather than going to your business trying to get you or your insurance to pay, they will only be requiring some sort of a statement from you to take to their insurance provider.
Most areas around the country consider the property owner liable for any person invited onto their property. This means that if the janitor service were to take you to court, you would be held liable to pay for medical care for the hurt individual.
The best plan is not to take any risks. Be sure the janitorial service you are looking to hire has proper and adequate bonding and insurance and that they are properly licenses. Also, be sure to put in the contract who is responsible for payment in case of accident or injury.
Another important reason to make sure the janitor service company you hire is legitimate is to ensure that you can deduct the cost of their service on your taxes. If they are not a legal company, you may run into trouble trying to claim that as an expense if you get audited. Every business must at minimum have a state license, and usually they have to be licensed in the city and sometimes county they will be working in as well. If the janitorial cleaning service doesn't have a license from the state, they are probably not a legal company & don't have proper bonding and insurance either. It only takes a few minutes on the phone or internet to verify the company. It is to your advantage to make this a top priority.
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Twin Phoenix Building Maintenance is a professional commercial cleaning company in Vancouver. Our commercial cleaning company has more than five years of experience meeting the janitorial and building cleaning needs of facilities of all sizes in Vancouver. We’re fully insured and bonded with supervised, ID’d, and uniformed janitors.
Our trained technicians are equipped to handle any type of job from commercial offices, office buildings, local businesses, retail stores, warehouses/factories, computer firms, schools and universities, day Cares, medical facilities, dentist offices, and banks.
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