Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Wabi-sabi. Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
By Laura Leslie. Raleigh, N.C. â Car repairs, home improvement jobs and appliance delivery and installation got a little more expensive in North Carolina on Tuesday. State and local sales tax is now collected on some labor charges. In Wake County, that's an extra 6.75 percent for a mechanic's time or the installation fees charged by Home Depot, Lowe's Home Improvement and others.
Whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor or an employee under NC workersâ compensation law is determined by a number of factors but generally comes down to the level of control exercised by the employer. It does not much matter what the parties call the relationship. A true independent contractor is usually not covered by workersâ comp in North Carolina. There are special rules that require certain subcontractors and truckers to be covered by workersâ comp even if they are independent contractors.