(cont'd from posting above) pick up the slack from the rich's tax loopholes!

• How to keep employees - Here is a novel idea
  • Great idea... - Truth
  • Those are big shoes to fill - diddles
  • They don't care (sm) - No sirree
    • we CAN get a union - anon
      • But how would it work if it is not (sm) - Question
      • Union for MTs - nn
        • Union - Barry Watts
        • Is the NWU offering medical insurance again? - diddles
        • Please explain. I went to that website sm - me
          • you can join, no problem. If you write, you can join. nm - diddles
        • OH WOW - Thank you SO MUCH
  • Strike - Anonymous
    • its one thing for the MTA to strike - they will not lose their jobs - anonymous
      • lose our jobs? - anon
  • Unfortunately, the country seems headed toward rich, or poor, period. - lingoMT
    • This is a socialistist society. They just don't want to use the "S" word. - SM
      • disappearance of the middle class... - lingoMT
        • Workers of the World, Unite! - Barry Watts
        • Not really. The middle class is necessary - to support the welfare people and to pick up the slack f - nm,
          • (cont'd from posting above) pick up the slack from the rich's tax loopholes! - yep, they need the middle class
    • Very true - They want us to believe we are COMPLETE idiots
  • Here is a novel idea - Very, very well said!!!!
    • Yes please go on - YOU CAN GET AND KEEP EMPLOYEES
      • Also well said - Boy, you hit it right on the money.

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now and - 'eventually' - when we actually get to double our lines on VR?

>>>This is what I meant above by how a company is saying work this shift as an IC at this line rate.  As an IC, I have the right to work when I choose to work, not when my clients choose.  If my clients want to make demands (and yes I have one client that is an MTSO), then I would become an employee at that point and they must pay my taxes. 

You’re half correct. What you would become is a statutory employee (SE), not a “regular employee,” like you would be if you worked in an office. In the case of the SE, the company and/or individual they provide service for would be required to pay 7.5% of the social security tax, but that’s as far as it goes. You would still need to withhold your own federal tax in addition to other taxes like Medicare. Furthermore, and the law used to state that anyone who works exclusively for a single company/individual is classified as a SE, by law.

The 20 guidelines I posted here and on the Main Broad are merely a framework. Each individual should speak with a lawyer who specializes in Employer/Employee law or directly with the IRS.  

>>>I've seen people post as employees saying they have no work during their shift and are asked to flex, which is also wrong.  It's just crazy how this profession continues to be used and abused and now there are MTs convinced it's okay because they need a job.  It's just a neverending cycle.  JMO

I don’t agree that (all) MTs are convinced it’s okay. They’re simply not fully aware of the laws, or they know the laws but feel they’re stuck “between a rock and a hard place.” Either they “agree to the terms” (of the contract) or they won’t be able to pay their bills. But, it’s still the element of control and the MT *still* has the final say:  “I agree to the Tues-Sat shift for 8 cpl.”

There are two other issues that come to mind. First, the line rate. An IC determines what constitutes a line, and informs the client accordingly. Usually, they choose the software they wish to use (i.e. Sylcount), but sometimes the MTSO will tell them, “We use Abacus and count spaces and returns only; no formatting codes” and that’s okay. However, if you have IC status you should NEVER let the MTSO do the line calculation on their end and then tell you how many lines you’ve transcribed. Doing so gives the MTSO “the element of control,” which makes you their employee.

The second issue is a little trickier and it concerns the “application process.” Again, what applies to the IC also applies to the MTSO. When the MTSO approaches a client (i.e. Osh Begosh Hospital) to offer their service, they try their best to sell their service and secure a contract in the process. They do not fill out a job application nor do they take a transcription test. That’s what an employee does, not an IC. The IC provides references, and that’s it.

In the final analysis, knowing the law is one thing and adhering to the law is another. You can tell the service what the law is, and they can just as easily tell you that your services are not needed. And, unfortunately, that’s pretty much where it’s at right now and where it will continue to remain.

Does that necessarily mean anything?

to your heart's content, if that's your choice and you are fortunate enough to get the kind of Lead job where you have control of work flow & distribution, as they do in my company.  As bad as the Q may have been in some important areas, I always got my lines.  Work was allowed to self-distribute naturally ...THE NEXT FREE MT GOT THE NEXT AVAILABLE JOB.  We had 1 supervisor, not 2 dozen people we had to answer to, as today's top-heavys. 

But as long as the same person who assigns/distributes the work (Leads) also types on the accounts & has FIRST CHOICE of jobs -- well, where does leave the rest of us??  With 101% $---t, that's what!  That and being salaried, too!  I'd be a Lead for HALF of the little they're paying us now and I bet I'd get more done if the playing field between Leads and peon MTs were evened out a little.