Just because someone owns stake in a company, can they view independent contractor personal info?
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Just because someone owns stake in a company, can they view independent contractor personal info?
I work as an independent contractor trivia host for a small sole proprietorship trivia company that is changing to an established LLC and changing ownership as well. The owner made a person a 10% shareholder of the company and this person has nothing to do with me. His sole responsibilities include writing questions and hosting games. However, the owner has shared my personal info with this person,
including pay spreadsheets and old 1099’s with my SSN on them. My fear is this person has a vendetta against me and I’m afraid they’ll use my personal info against me. Is there any action I can take here? Shouldn’t my info be accessible on a need to know basis for whomever is executing those tasks?
Asked on October 3, 2018 under Business Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
The information you describe is relevant to an owner--even a minorit owner--of a small company: what is paid to contractors (e.g. the pay spreadsheets and forms 1099s) is direcdtly revevant to the company's operational costs, profitability, return on investment, and other like economic measurements. This is information that may properly be shared.
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