...however, it only says a "bona fide" employee....OR a larger percent of supervision/control over the project....
The purpose of RME and RMO provisions is to allow a company the owner of which is not a license holder (for example any corporation), to use the license of an employee or officer, to obtain and execute work that requires a license. In return the company grants the RME or RMO full authority over licensed issues - code compliance, permits, quality issues. These provisions aren't intended as paperwork shortcuts to pull permits.
A bona fide employee is someone who is really an employee, who can truthfully say, "I work for company XYZ. When it comes to code compliance, permits, and other licensing related issues including contractual and business provisions,
I run the show." If that's not the case, then the RME is a fool, and the arrangement isn't legal.
Judging by the number of people who come on here seeking rent-a-license arrangements, there are plenty of fools in the world.
Employee compensation can take many forms, but I'd think that piece-work arrangements where the measure is the number of permits pulled would be a red flag.
NOL: This isn't an attack on you. I spent some time over the weekend dealing with a prospective customer and her shady prior contractors, so this is on my mind.
I think it would be great to have one of the license gurus start a sticky thread about RME/RMO provisions, to aim people at when they have these questions.