They haven't for about 5 years. They don't make any deductions from settlement anymore.So is fedex no longer making deductions for insurance from your settlement?
Did you word that correctly?Paying for all insurance makes you even more likely to be an employee in a courtroom.
I think he means FedEx self insuring somehow makes us employees. I'm not sure why he's trying to invent new arguments for employees status. This one is obviously incorrect or it would have been mentioned in any of the successful lawsuits.Did you word that correctly?
Sure, but the fact that FedEx insures the vehicles that operate under their authority as required by the DOT, was not an issue that weighed on the classification question.The successful lawsuits where for the years 1999-2007 at which time insurance was a settlement deduction.
I think he means FedEx self insuring somehow makes us employees. I'm not sure why he's trying to invent new arguments for employees status. This one is obviously incorrect or it would have been mentioned in any of the successful lawsuits.
Don't look now, but you just made the argument for contractor status. I buy/lease trucks, insurance, lease scanners, buy uniforms provide maintenance...are you sure I'm an employee? Fedex didn't "add insurance". They have always provided the indemnity insurance.That isn't a new argument- it is just an expansion of the fact that fedex supplies what is needed for the job. The fact that fedex supplied uniforms, mapping, scanners, decals, etc was a big part of the employee status determination. Even the fact that you operate under fedex DOT authority was part of the reasoning. With fedex adding insurance coverage, it would make it more likely, not less likely that ISP operations are employees. I know that in Oregon at least, it doesn't matter how many people work for you, if fedex controls your operation past a certain point, you are an employee and your drivers are also fedex employees. That exact situation occurred in my case.
In general, if someone is a contractor, he supplies his own insurance and own tools for the job. Then the contractor is judged by final results, not by how he goes about it.
Don't look now, but you just made the argument for contractor status. I buy/lease trucks, insurance, lease scanners, buy uniforms provide maintenance...are you sure I'm an employee? Fedex didn't "add insurance". They have always provided the indemnity insurance.
As for "judged by final results", nobody dictates what order deliveries are made. Gotten a lot of flack for it from some customers who want to encourage early every day. I suggest they have everything shipped express and at the next board meeting decide whether the increased cost is worth it.
We don't have ROADS. HD has something similar that veteran drivers tend to ignore. When I drive an HD route, I use the manifest portion and little else.ROADS does not have a delivery order listing (DOL)?
If the issues you mention here don't get you it will be the way "your employees" are paid. I know, I know, you and iwbf do it by the book., but I know for FACT that almost all the "contractors" around hear are not. When audited they just make up the hours and rate of pay so it fits. Really, how long do you think it will last!Don't look now, but you just made the argument for contractor status. I buy/lease trucks, insurance, lease scanners, buy uniforms provide maintenance...are you sure I'm an employee? Fedex didn't "add insurance". They have always provided the indemnity insurance.
As for "judged by final results", nobody dictates what order deliveries are made. Gotten a lot of flack for it from some customers who want to encourage early every day. I suggest they have everything shipped express and at the next board meeting decide whether the increased cost is worth it.
Don't look now, but you just made the argument for contractor status. I buy/lease trucks, insurance, lease scanners, buy uniforms provide maintenance...are you sure I'm an employee? Fedex didn't "add insurance". They have always provided the indemnity insurance.
As for "judged by final results", nobody dictates what order deliveries are made. Gotten a lot of flack for it from some customers who want to encourage early every day. I suggest they have everything shipped express and at the next board meeting decide whether the increased cost is worth it.
20 years+ and counting. People just want a job, especially when we run into another recession. Shouldn't be to long away.If the issues you mention here don't get you it will be the way "your employees" are paid. I know, I know, you and iwbf do it by the book., but I know for FACT that almost all the "contractors" around hear are not. When audited they just make up the hours and rate of pay so it fits. Really, how long do you think it will last!
Employee rights are not something to mess with.20 years+ and counting. People just want a job, especially when we run into another recession. Shouldn't be to long away.
But if I am an employee, how can I mess with employee rights?Employee rights are not something to mess with.