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[girlfriendgrave-deactivated2024]

Despite it all I remain fuckable

[girlfriendgrave-deactivated2024]

Despite it all I remain fuckable

[anxietyproblem]

[itsaqueerlifeafterall]

Imagine an elf is given a job to do at a human institution. The humans think elves don’t need bathroom breaks, since they know they can hold it for days, but this elf has been traveling to reach their job, and has already been holding it to the point they are in pain. They ask for a break, but their job is important and time sensitive, so they admit they can still hold it when asked. After a full day of work, the elf tries to reach the bathroom in time, but they were never told where it is.

[suckybl0g]

[detectivehole]

i'm not actually mad i just like the comedic delivery of righteous but pointless anger

[animatedamerican]

[theroyalsavage]

[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.

[thebibliosphere]

Our home security system is being updated today, and the guy in charge is just peak Gen Z, no professional fucks given vibe and it's hysterical.

"I mean, I'm supposed to recommend stuff, like you should probably put a sensor on that window too, but like, that's really a you decision. I just have to say this stuff out loud so I don't get sued if you get broken into."

[thebibliosphere]

"So, like, just to clarify, you don't want the cameras, right? Only I need to make sure because sometimes people say no on the phone, and then when I'm leaving, they ask me why I haven't installed the cameras yet, and I'm just like, that's a you problem, I'm going home."

[thebibliosphere]

*leaning around the corner of my office to talk to me* "Hey, do you know where [Mothman] went? Actually, never mind, you're probably the detail-oriented one. I can tell by the *gestures at my candy-floss-colored goth office* whatever this is.

So like, the new alarm panel is smaller than the old one, and the old one pulled off some of the paint, I can try to hide it, but it won't be perfect... You don't care? Sweet. I'm always ready for people to yell at me."

[thebibliosphere]

"Hey, so I need to test the smoke alarm before we put it up, but I don't want to frighten your little dog. I'll try to muffle it, but you might want to hold her." *clutching the alarm to his abdomen like Steve Rogers falling on a grenade* "I'm sorry little dog, I'm so sorry."

[horchatarevolution-deactivated2]

I haven't seen anyone else talk about this but there were mass stabbing on the James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon in Saskatchewan that left at least 10 people dead and 18 injured on September 4th, 2022. This was a massacre against indigenous people and I'm seeing so little information being spread in my circles. One suspect has been found dead but another is still at large

[thingsthatmakeyouacey]

The community is asking for in-person or mail donations

[Image description: A letter dated September 5, 2022 reading "RE: Donations for James Smith Cree Nation

At the request of the James Smith Cree Nation, Peter Chapman and Chakastaypasin Chiefs and Councils, donations of food, styrofoam plates, bowls or cups, and cutlery can be dropped off at the Bernard Constant Community School (B.C.C.S.) Gymnasium. Please refrain from the use of e-transfers, instead feel free to bring gift cards or monetary donations to the command centre which will be in the B.C.C.S. round room. Cheques can be made out to James Smith Cree Nation as well. We will keep a log of all donations being made. Any and all donations are greatly appreciated at this time of need.

Thank you,

James Smith, Peter Chapman and Chakastaypasin Chiefs"

The letterhead reads "Chakastaypasin Band of the Cree Nation

Box 1059

Melfort. Saskatchewan

SOE LAO

Office: [phone]

Fax: [phone]"

End ID.]

[engulfes]

i love you air dried hair i love you no makeup i love you comfortable clothes made out of soft fabrics i love you short nails

[straightwoman]

https://www.fatgirl.fatlibarchive.org/

FaT GiRL Archive

[guerrillatech]

[funny-tik-toks]

[alylovesfilms]

[socialcasualtxy]

[moviebee]

[she-volution-deactivated2022052]

[bmblb-fanatic]

It checks out

[sunshine-tattoo]

early 00s media was the era of the boring girl protagonist and her heavily lesbian-coded bff

[spiritual-vibrations]

[backwardsorbust]

drag bars defending themselves with pepper spray and attendees from a gang of proud boys while the cops stand by and meekly retreat... if you're gay, learn how to use a firearm, familiarize yourself with weapons safety, and make sure you travel with a buddy. we protect ourselves.

[backwardsorbust]

I am referring to an incident today (7/1) in woodland, CA where a gang of it looks like five or six proud boys attempted to forcibly enter a venue putting on an all ages drag bar. The cops hired to provide security just turned and did a little dipshit trot away.

These people are on the same side. We must have one another's backs. How long before these freaks start bringing ARs? If the cops won't protect children in an elementary school, they're certainly not going to help a pack of queers.

[scrotewad-deactivated20221128]

love my state, in akron the cops fired 90 rounds at a black man and 60 of them hit him, making him "unrecognizable" and the cops have done such a good job covering it up that ive only seen 2 people talking about it and afaik the only people protesting are some of his friends and family in akron. fukken burn this shithole down

[scrotewad-deactivated20221128]

A Black Man Was Killed By Police After He Was Struck By More Than 60 Bullets, His Family's Lawyer Said

"I have never seen the kind of grief and the kind of pain that I'm seeing today," the family's lawyer told BuzzFeed News.

i mentioned some details that arent in this article but i got those details from a local black activist. i hate to be ranting about this shit on today of all days but im really mad that so few people are talking about this

[dykecosette]

His name was Jayland Walker. He was 25 years old.

This all started because of a "traffic violation."

All 8 cops involved are now on paid fucking vacation.

Justice for Jayland Walker.

[headspace-hotel]

i need y'all to get that headlines about climate change are supposed to spur people to action, and scientists sound the alarm because humanity still CAN do something, not because it's inevitable and Literally Everyone Will Die

[headspace-hotel]

Do NOT let people let you forget that our world is still as habitable as it is today because of the work of scientists and activists of the past, that things would be MUCH WORSE now if people hadn't acted.

Remember the ozone hole? Remember that? You haven't heard about that in a little bit huh? THAT'S BECAUSE WE FIXED THE PROBLEM. If no one had done anything, there would be holes in the ozone layer all over the place and we would be slowly irradiated by the sun. THE EARTH WOULD HAVE BEEN UNINHABITABLE BY MIDCENTURY.

Every time you repeat the line that "Unless we end capitalism worldwide, there's literally nothing we can do to help climate change!" the people that devoted their lives to saving species that would be gone now, preserving habitat that would be obliterated now, and fixing problems that would have been well along the way to making us extinct by now beam psychic rays of contempt in your direction