Geekery-Science-Teaching

physics, teaching, reading, geeking out

[nightvaleofficial]

[duckdotcom]

there used to be so many stars in the sky that you would have to scrape away a dozen of them that splattered on your windshield every time you drove somewhere, but now they're being over-hunted to make american flag merchandise. very sad

[animentality]

[pjharvey-moved-deactivated20250]

centrist guy in 1970 seeing university anti-vietnam war protests in the news

[papasmoke]

[ganondorf]

this is like the democrat version of when republicans see a long line at the food pantry and are like "this is what america would look like under communism"

[vague-humanoid]

[elbiotipo]

[justcatposts]

Time machine

(Source)

[cannotunsee]

May the 4th be with You: A Poem for Star Wars Day

[animentality]

[whereintheworldiskamalakhan]

They are the very first people on the list of people we should (and must!) criticize!

[sargassostories]

Things I’m learning about All For the Game fans: a lot of y’all didn’t grow up with a cheese drawer in your fridge and it shows

[sargassostories]

wait ok

Do you have a dedicated drawer for cheese in your fridge?

Of course. The drawer for cheese. The cheese drawer.

A whole drawer? For cheese? I’ve never heard of this before

I grew up with one or would like one but I don’t have one now for another reason

Why would anyone have that much cheese that’s stupid

I can’t or don’t eat cheese and/or I don’t have a fridge

Voting ended onMay 2, 2024

[sargassostories]

If you care about cheese, refrigerators, or Andrew Minyard either positively or negatively please reblog for a larger sample size :)

[copperbadge]

I have a drawer I refer to as the cheese drawer but it's really for cheese and cheese accessories; I also keep mustard, charcuterie meats, and the occasional dipping sauce in there. But it is For Cheese in my mind.

[angelnumber27]

“The Mushroom Dance” from Fantasia (1940)

[typewriter-worries]

The Glass Essay, Anne Carson | Molly Brodak, Molly Brodak

[typewriter-worries]

in a perfect world, those two are the call

and this is the response

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[trekwiz]

Ok, but if you’re an independent contractor in the US and this happens? Find a lawyer, because you might have just gotten a huge payday.

Your position was just referred to as employment. Independent contractors do not have employers; they do not have employment. Congrats, your contact at this company just provided evidence that you were illegally missclassified.

This contact is claiming that you have set hours you’re obligated to fulfill. Unless a work task can only be done at a set time for practical reasons (i.e. you’re an audio freelancer paid to support a live event that occurs at a particular time and requires a certain amount of pre-show setup), a company cannot set an independent contractor’s work hours. This is further evidence that you were missclassified.

The whole exchange establishes that the company is interpreting an employer-employee relationship rather than expecting a service. Discipline and potential for firing (you cannot fire an independent contractor; no longer purchasing their service is not equivalent) establish that this person views themselves as a manager. Independent contractors cannot have managers.

This one text exchange could:

Get you back pay for the full duration you’ve worked there, to bring you up to the compensation that an employee would have gotten

Get you back compensation for lost benefits that an employee would have gotten

Get you back pay for the additional self-employment taxes the company should have covered

Get the company to pay back taxes to the government

Get the company to hire everyone who performed a similar role, or face further penalties and fines

A win would encourage the rest of their missclassified workers to sue for the same, or give them leverage to demand a better deal

If the company is going to screw you over like that, may as well make them pay for it.

[trekwiz]

Since this is getting a lot of reblogs, here’s a federal source that can help you determine if you’re illegally classified as a contractor:

You can also file a form with the IRS to force the company to correct your classification (assuming you meet the criteria), without necessarily having to sue:

Learn how to determine whether a person providing a service to you is an employee or an independent contractor.

Keep in mind that this is just federal. Most states also prohibit missclassification as an independent contractor; and even if states have more lenient rules, companies still have to comply with this federal law. The rules have largely been bipartisan and existed for decades, so they’re common.

States also have an interest in having regulations about missclassification: it’s a significant loss of tax revenue. Your self employment tax does not fully equal what a company would have paid for you in payroll taxes.

A lawyer can help point you in the right direction if a company is currently missclassifying you.

[antique-scarecrow]

Fantastic addition

[road0flife]

[goddessactuality]

also how culture works

[saywhat-politics]