Well, the small business I work for has the professional liability type
of insurance. Additionally, the IEEE offers professional liability
insurance at a pretty low cost, or so I'm told. I'd imagine many of the
members subscribe to that form of insurance, otherwise it wouldn't be
offered. I can't speak to the prevalence in the Open Source sector, but
in the computer engineering sector this is pretty common.
R
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
In the past I've hired some people for contract or consultant work (both open
source projects and more general stuff) -- generally these people have been
independent, one-man shops found by word of mouth and reputation, as opposed to
hiring someone from an agency.
I'm getting pushback now from the administrative side of my company saying that
any contractor I hire needs to have proof of insurance. I understand the legal
reasons for this, but I'm wondering how many of you out there actually have
business/contractors insurance? Do companies you work for insist on it, or
not? And how many of you are formally set up as LLCs or sole proprietorships
or such?
[while this is likely a US-centric issue from the hiring side, I'm interested
in international responses too since I've hired some foreigners as well over
the years]
-mpg
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