[pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school district

[tnrwim at aol.com]

Business license and proof of liability insurance seems reasonable for a
ublic institution.  In this case, however, if you've already done the work
hey owe you the money no matter what you do or don't provide (except maybe
 W-9).  They should have asked for these items before they hired you.  
David Love

Diane

What David said is a very important statement. If the teacher asked you to do the work, and he got permission from his principal to have you do the work, but neither of them, much less the office of the school where you worked, told you before you stated doing the work, that all of those requirements were needed before you could do the work, then you are under no obligation, after the fact, to provide the school district with any of the paper work they require. I would suggest you call the teacher, and/or principal, and tell them what the superintendetns' office is asking you to do, and request an exemption this time. It's up to you if you want to jump through all the hoops in the future. 

Wim 






-----Original Message-----
From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thu, Jan 20, 2011 5:42 pm
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school district


Agreed.  Client list is out of bounds and they have no right to that nor
oes it have any relevance to the work you've done.  They can, of course,
sk for references if they are going to continue to use you.  I wonder what
ype of contract they want?  That they pay you if you do the work?  You
ould write one of those.  "I agree to tune your piano in exchange for $xxx
nd you agree to pay me promptly."  
Business license and proof of liability insurance seems reasonable for a
ublic institution.  In this case, however, if you've already done the work
hey owe you the money no matter what you do or don't provide (except maybe
 W-9).  They should have asked for these items before they hired you.  
David Love
ww.davidlovepianos.com

----Original Message-----
rom: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
f Susan Kline
ent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:29 PM
o: pianotech at ptg.org
ubject: Re: [pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school
istrict
I agree. Your client list is privileged information, and they have no 
ight to
sk for it.
At what point, if no one is willing to provide all this information or 
o buy
hemselves malpractice (??) or liability insurance, would the school system
ealize that their work was not going to get done if they made such 
emands?
Could you agree to tune only during hours when children were not present? I
elieve a school district I did a little work for once specified this. I 
nly
eeded the background check (EGAD) if I tuned during school hours.
Other schools are just fine, and make no demands out of the ordinary.
Susan Kline

n 1/20/2011 7:18 PM, Dean May wrote:
 I hate tuning for schools. I have a few rural schools that I tune for that
 give me no problems. Some are really great customers. But often you run
nto
 this kind of stuff. Be sure you charge accordingly if you decide to
ontinue
 keeping them as customers.

 Your client list should be sacrosanct. I would never share that info with
 them.

 Dean

 -----Original Message-----
 From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
ehalf
 Of Diane Hofstetter
 Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:57 PM
 To: pianotech at ptg.org
 Subject: [pianotech] Malpractice insurance for working for a school
istrict



 So I have been working for a school district for a couple of years.  All
f
 a sudden, when I turn in my invoice, they say they can't pay it until I
end
 them "some paperwork".  The paperwork is a request for my business license
 number, my client list, and a contract.  Item number seven says:

    7. All Contractors providing services to minors must have valid
 malpractice insurance coverage.  Upon request by  SCHOOL DISTRICT
ontractor
 must be able to show evidence of such coverage.

 I've never had malpractice insurance--except for dispensing hearing aids.
 Does anyone else

 Does anyone know why question marks suddenly stop working---

 Thanks    (exclamation points don't work either)
 Diane Hofstetter 		 	   		  =





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