Independent Contract
Yet again, our state is regulating our ability to make our own contractual decisions. A case surrounding the status of FedEx's 'contractor' drivers (and largely because of a UPS investigation, as UPS uses the teamsters...) will come to court and question the status of outside contractors who essentially work the same jobs as 'employees.' If anyone needs a little refresher, it used to be that this country accepted and understood the rights of citizens to make their own economic decisions as well as social decisions. The two sets of rights actually used to be lumped together, as they should (try and find one that does not overlap). Instead, in a series of idiotic rulings, the Supreme court conjured up a convoluted debacle of jurisprudence which protects certain social rights (disappearing rapidly) and gives the govt. control over just about everything economic. Lets hope that FedEx comes out on top in this one.
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