Friday, July 10, 2009

"Independent contractors"

I just read a story about a cab company in Oklahoma City, called A-1 is being suspended for refusing to take calls in certain areas.

The owner who is fighting this is is naturally claiming its the driver's fault because they are independent contractors. Why are we independent contractors, surely its not our choice, we didn't hire the company it was the other way around.

Why does the company want us to be independent contractors, for starters they don't have to collect income tax, which they would have to hire one or more workers in the office for this purpose.

They would have to pay for disability and medical insurance, unemployment, and all that costs money.

This is not the first instance that an owner puts blame on a driver for any problem using the excuse they are independent contractors nor will it be the last, you can bet on that.

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