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<blockquote data-quote="Ricochet1a" data-source="post: 553383" data-attributes="member: 22880"><p>You're missing the point. It isn't the piece work that is being paid with this "bonus", it is methods (personnel). It isn't the task that is being compensated with this money, it is the corporate assessment of the qualifications of the helpers to meet FedEx standards. By penalizing the contractor for not meeting FedEx personnel standards, the company is exerting undue influence upon the supposed independent contractor. If the requirement was that the helpers met the standard or the contract wouldn't be issued, that would be one thing. Coercing the supposed contractors into meeting a standard, or having them suffer a reduction in payment is another.</p><p> </p><p>Corporations can create standards for their employees. Having a corporation extend those exact same standards to an independent contractor is undue influence, since monies are withheld if those standards are not met. An employee of an company CANNOT be paid just a little less for failing to pass a drug test or pass a background check. It is an all or nothing situation. Can the IC pay their helper just a little less if they are a stoner or can't speak basic English? This is the situation that is being forced upon the supposed IC by FedEx. Meet a corporate standard or suffer a reduction in compensation (but you're still good to go to get those pieces out with the stoners and illegals)...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ricochet1a, post: 553383, member: 22880"] You're missing the point. It isn't the piece work that is being paid with this "bonus", it is methods (personnel). It isn't the task that is being compensated with this money, it is the corporate assessment of the qualifications of the helpers to meet FedEx standards. By penalizing the contractor for not meeting FedEx personnel standards, the company is exerting undue influence upon the supposed independent contractor. If the requirement was that the helpers met the standard or the contract wouldn't be issued, that would be one thing. Coercing the supposed contractors into meeting a standard, or having them suffer a reduction in payment is another. Corporations can create standards for their employees. Having a corporation extend those exact same standards to an independent contractor is undue influence, since monies are withheld if those standards are not met. An employee of an company CANNOT be paid just a little less for failing to pass a drug test or pass a background check. It is an all or nothing situation. Can the IC pay their helper just a little less if they are a stoner or can't speak basic English? This is the situation that is being forced upon the supposed IC by FedEx. Meet a corporate standard or suffer a reduction in compensation (but you're still good to go to get those pieces out with the stoners and illegals)... [/QUOTE]
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