My father works in furniture repair. Company switched to a third party for delivery truck drivers. When it was in house they were being paid time & a half over

My father works in furniture repair. Company switched to a third party for delivery truck drivers. When it was in house they were being paid time & a half over minimum wage; third party was pretty close to minimum wage. Issues arose: higher turn over rate, higher rate of damage caused during delivery, decreased customer experience dealing with the drivers. Company decided to subsidize the third party's drivers a few more dollars an hour, has helped resolve previously listed issues