Worker's Comp.....

I don't understand why a very few posters seem so embittered when it comes to drivers who choose to work on a 1099. Like RedForman says, it is the drivers decision as to whether he accepts the position.

 

I'm not embittered about it. But when I see it going on it's usually beneficial to the company paying that way but not to the driver. In the case of expediter cargo vans it amazes me that anyone would waste the effort of working for essentially nothing with those 40/60 or the 60/40 splits. The rates are already terribly low to begin with due to over saturation of equipment and this is how they can race even further to the bottom. For a big company leasing on lots of the small cargo vans it works out great for their bottom line. They're competitive on rates and not dealing with the overhead of trucks. Even drivers I know of around here in big trucks it was the same situation. You may have been different and allowing them to get 80 cents a mile or more but you would have been an exception. Most 1099 pay to hired drivers is obscenely low and that way cause it's easy street to cut throat.

 

Not embittered, drivers choice. Just laughing at how the carrier always tries to pass off what a good deal it is for the driver. Just be honest and say you do it to lower your costs, not to help out the driver.

And for those of us that run a legit operation, we sort of compare it with the people who haul cheap freight.

 

I get a kick out of those who call someone paying on a 1099 is not operating a "legit" business. If that is the case then every carrier who leases trucks to their drivers is not operating a legitimate business? People make their own decisions. You don't need to belittle those who "CHOOSE" to work under a 1099. It is their choice. They don't have to work under a 1099. They choose to work under a 1099. Perhaps it is the additional freedom it can afford them or some other reason. Companies who offer 1099 positions are just as legitimate as those who only offer a W2. I know some of you who don't like anyone working on a 1099, but there is no need for the name calling or putting down those who choose to work under the 1099 or the companies who offer this type of position.

 

What's really funny is that the whole premise of this debate is an appeal to the ignorant. The only people who have a problem with 1099 wages are those who lack enough knowledge of how the system works to effectively negotiate their 1099 compensation package. Thank goodness the armed force of government is there to save these potential victims that the government has created in the first place.

 

I happily report 1099 companies to the IRS. Tax cheats deserve what they get and if I ever see a 30% award, all the better...

http://www.irs.gov/uac/Whistleblower-Informant-Award

 

I worry more about competing against tax cheats & their artificially low operating costs.

 

A company who pays on a 1099 is not a tax cheat. The person who is paid on a 1099 and fails to pay his taxes or later tries to push the blame on his former company is the tax cheat. I hope I cleared that up for you.