Companies will often label someone a contractor so that they land in a different employment bucket and don’t get standard employee benefits.
It’s very clearly an abuse of the concept of a contractor, but sometimes companies break the law, intentionally or unintentionally.
i did a quick look of relevant job offers near me, and every single one of them was listed as “independent contractor”… i am glad that i don’t have to seriously look for a job right now, and i hope something is done about these disgusting hiring practices soon
Ugh, that’s shitty. Companies keep acting like they’re confused about why they can’t find anyone when everyone knows that the problem is that they just want better than disgusting benefits, mistreatment, shit pay and legal loopholes that somehow make that the workers fault.
There’s a place for contractors in the employment landscape. A bakery doesn’t need a staff plumber. A clothing store might only need a web designer for a few months to rebuild the website.
But a delivery company saying the people who do their deliveries, the core of their business, every day on an ongoing basis indefinitely are contractors? That’s so obviously bullshit. We need oppressively stiff penalties for shit like that to keep them from doing it, because as long as it’s cheaper to do it wrong, they have no reason to try to do it right.
Companies will often label someone a contractor so that they land in a different employment bucket and don’t get standard employee benefits.
It’s very clearly an abuse of the concept of a contractor, but sometimes companies break the law, intentionally or unintentionally.
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/flsa/misclassification
i did a quick look of relevant job offers near me, and every single one of them was listed as “independent contractor”… i am glad that i don’t have to seriously look for a job right now, and i hope something is done about these disgusting hiring practices soon
Ugh, that’s shitty. Companies keep acting like they’re confused about why they can’t find anyone when everyone knows that the problem is that they just want better than disgusting benefits, mistreatment, shit pay and legal loopholes that somehow make that the workers fault.
There’s a place for contractors in the employment landscape. A bakery doesn’t need a staff plumber. A clothing store might only need a web designer for a few months to rebuild the website.
But a delivery company saying the people who do their deliveries, the core of their business, every day on an ongoing basis indefinitely are contractors? That’s so obviously bullshit. We need oppressively stiff penalties for shit like that to keep them from doing it, because as long as it’s cheaper to do it wrong, they have no reason to try to do it right.