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TheMastersNemesis

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4. Companies Want Contractors So They Have NO RESPONSIBILITY That Employees Bring.

Reply to MiniMe (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 6, 2017, 02:04 PM

Feb 2017

You can maximize your profits if you treat your labor force as a contingency where you ONLY PAY for the time that an employee is actually in a production mode. So you reduce down time. Retail is a good example of having person on the floor when there are customers there. When they are not being served the workers are off the clock. It is a "piece rate" pay model based on how many customers you serve or how many activities you do that actually produce money or services.

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GOP Would Really Like To REPEAL Fair Labor Standards Act. Move To Independent Contractor Labor. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Feb 2017 OP

My career field has already been forced in large numbers into "independent contractor" status. manicraven Feb 2017 #1

Oh, and you're spot on about penalties for errors, etc. manicraven Feb 2017 #2

Companies would like that so they don't have to kick in their portion of SS and Medicare MiniMe Feb 2017 #3

Companies Want Contractors So They Have NO RESPONSIBILITY That Employees Bring. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2017 #4

I've been writing posts about this for fuckin months BSdetect Feb 2017 #5

I Have Been Doing The Same Thing For A Year Or More As Well. TheMastersNemesis Feb 2017 #6