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October 5

Companies

In Reality, wats Atleast one company that has an Owner but no Employees?(2601:204:D980:9640:6176:8AEE:A5C2:3343 (talk) 20:19, 5 October 2019 (UTC)).

Would the owner not be an employee? As in self-employed? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 20:33, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Yes y is Ther a business with an Owner but no Employees?(67.172.186.245 (talk) 20:44, 5 October 2019 (UTC)).

Why? The owner does all of the work by himself ... and he does not need to hire any employees to help with the work. In some cases, he may not have any "employees" ... but he may hire "independent contractors" to help with the work. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 20:53, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

What company for example has an Owner but no Employees in California?(2601:204:D980:9640:8C15:F23A:7A28:8706 (talk) 21:20, 5 October 2019 (UTC)).

You wouldn't recognize the names. Could even be an independent hot dog vendor who finds incorporating reduces his taxes. SinisterLefty (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

If the applicable laws require a company to have one or more directors and they count as employees, that would mean there is no such thing. However, laws may vary from place to place and I don't know what the laws require in any place. Otherwise, what I would think of is holding companies. They exist only as a legal entity for the purpose of owning things so that the holding company's owner(s) won't have to own the things themselves. With no real work to do, it would make sense that they wouldn't need to have employees in the ordinary sense of the word. --76.69.116.4 (talk) 10:01, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

I would be surprised if a holding company didn't have at least one or more administrators. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:51, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Many of those directors may just be friends or family members who are directors in name only, and have no actual involvement in running the company. SinisterLefty (talk) 17:26, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

Getting back to the original question, there are many owner run companies, in California, which do not have any other employees other than the owner. Many of them are likely people who provide a service of one kind or another, e.g. photographers, event planners, house cleaners AKA maids, pet sitters, etc. Some small shops may also have no employees. I'm not in California but there's a local book store where I've never seen anyone else behind the counter other than the owner. So, it's conceivable that there is such a store in California as well. †dismas†|^(talk) 22:16, 7 October 2019 (UTC)

See [Sole proprietorship] or Sole Trader as it is referred to in the UK, not to be confused with a Soul Trader, which is very different. Thanks Anton 81.131.40.58 (talk) 14:37, 8 October 2019 (UTC)

Page Draft Being Accepted

Greetings. I have drafted a page for a music album from an R&B artist. Wanted to know the next steps in getting the page accepted for the public? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnw28 (talk • contribs) 21:15, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

The procedure is at Wikipedia:Drafts, however I strongly recommend that you start at Wikipedia:Teahouse, "a friendly place to learn about editing Wikipedia" where a volunteer can talk you through the process. Alansplodge (talk) 15:08, 6 October 2019 (UTC)