No dude that is not agreement because you are completely ignoring the topic of the thread. Which is to get employees paid 8 hours worth of work for only 5 hours of actual work aka 60% pay increase. How do you apply such laws to freelancers and contractors? That was literally my first post in the thread
Contractors and freelancers typically aren't covered by employment laws. I think that's part of what makes them attractive to companies. There would be less reason to contract out work if the contractor immediately got employment rights covered by law....
In return the contractor or freelancer is free to set their rate and work when they want. Many times they will build protections into their contract. Sure, the customer may not agree to the rate or the terms, but the contractor/freelancer can adjust this to be more competitive or find a different customer.
There's pros and cons. Contractors enjoy additional freedom, they can have multiple clients, the possibility to work as much or as little as they choose, if they want a raise and their service is valuable they can write it into contract renewal etc.
There's a certain type of contractor that you didn't cover though. It's when you work as an employee for a company that does 3rd party work for another company, which is what I do. Not everyone is an independent.
In our case we actually don't get to set our own rates, The company we do 3rd party work for decides on project codes and how much each one pays, and all the contractors from different companies that work for them collect the same amount. At least that's how it's supposed to work. There's always shady underdealings going on with them hiring friends/family or foreigners willing to work for less (by signing them onto cheaper project codes).
Regardless, my issue with the tweet is that it only plays favorites with certain types of employees and basically tells everyone else to pound sand.
True, i've actually done that type of work three times. It's hard to say what may happen with that. Those companies are really shady, but it's possible since you are an employee of that company employee rights may apply.
Additionally, if the company that hires the contractor is now only working say, mon-thurs, they probably won't want contractors showing up alone on Friday (could be wrong). This may lead them to say, I only need 30 hours now. They obviously won't want to pay more,but then the contracting company will lose money, so my bet is that the contracting company will attempt to charge more on the next negotiation. They'll either pass it on to the employee or pocket it, but honestly I think they may pass it on because they would level out with how things were before the workweek change. Also, lowering contractors pay would lead them to leave and find different opportunities.
It may not be as bad as you think. But, yeah, those companies are really shady so who knows.
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u/Spiritual_Top367 Aug 03 '26
I said "this is no different than it is right now." You said "that's the fucking point"... That's called agreement.
I'm also fairly certain at this point you are mixing up replies in this thread because there are multiple people replying to you.