My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: NY/NJ
I work on 1099 with my Vendor, my structure is: 1099 (myself)-->Vendor-->prime vendor-->client
I have a green card and contract with my vendor was for 6 months which ended back in Feb 2012 so i am not on a contract anymore.
My issue: i have been getting very delayed payments from my vendor therefore i spoke to my manager (client) about this issue and he is supportive of my issue and agreed with me if i switch my vendor. My (manager) client is fully supportive of my decision to switch the vendors.
Question: can i remove the 2 existing layers of vendor and prime vendor and switch to completely new vendor who has relation with my client.
Also, i spoke to one of my client's trusted vendor and they have no issues with hiring me.
The only question they asked is if i have a any obligation/contract with my existing vendors and the answer to that according to me is NO.
Thanks for your help/feedback in advance.
Regards,
G

