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Just because it’s standard practice doesn’t mean it’s ethical. In my experience, the perma-contractors were always getting ripped off when it came to benefits
by CoolGuySteve 8y ago
Just because it’s standard practice doesn’t mean it’s ethical. In my experience, the perma-contractors were always getting ripped off when it came to benefits and job security to the maximum extent of California law by some of the most profitable companies in the world, companies that could trivially afford to pay. I found it abhorrent.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoThe solution is not to bandaid it by forcing a handful of companies to pay more generously, but to affect legislation that will provide everyone with the benefits and job security, regardless of employer. This would remove the inherent competitive advantages that large employers versus small businesses, and be easier to implement in the long run.
- sharemywin 8y agoUnless somethings changed sense like the law not on google side. The assignment length issue became a serious topic of conversation in the late 1980s when the IRS announced their intent to re-class Microsoft contractors as common law employees and ultimately make them eligible for the same stock option and retirement benefits offered to regular MS employees. The length of time Microsoft’s temporary and contract employees had been on assignment was part of that argument. The employees in question had all surpassed the ERISA “year of service” rule, which requires that once an” employee” works 1000 hours they are automatically eligible for ERISA governed benefits.