Old 07-23-2012, 08:03 PM
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SuperConductor
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Originally Posted by BizPilot View Post
I believe they are try to avoid paying workmen's compensation premiums. Flying is one of the riskiest professions and perhaps carry a high premium.
Not only avoiding paying Worker's Comp, but Unemployment Taxes. What's more, they are essentially creating an employee/employer relationship where there is none, zero, negative ramification involved in firing you on the spot for the most ridiculous of whims. Normally their unemployment payments would go up drastically if most employers fired correctly classified employees as often as they do misclassified "contractors". It's a complete rape of the middle-class and they friggen know it. Thus, the government is finally doing something about it. Report away people. I think it's a part of your responsibility as an abused pilot. I've already been making phone calls to the offices in the links on the page provided.
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