* Georgia - Legislators told trucking companies deliberately misclassify workers
-- Two independent truckers choked up separately as they testified before a legislative committee Tuesday about the toll they say comes from companies misclassifying workers as independent contractors instead of employees... A study by the National Employment Labor Project estimates that nearly one in every three workers nationally is improperly classified and compensated. That resulted in $2.7 billion in taxes going paid in 2006, the most recent year available... In Georgia 82 percent of truckers hauling freight from the ports are misclassified, according to Rebecca Smith, the project’s deputy director. That means they earn about $29,000 yearly compared to $35,000 for drivers paid as employees... As contractors, the owner-operators have to cover their own expenses, and most drivers don’t buy health insurance because money is so tight, said Carol Cauley, a veteran driver representing the group Stand Up for Savannah... Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal averages more than 200,000 truck turns a month... A trade association executive said the system works well for most of the industry...
(Photos by Walter Jones/ Morris News Service- Veteran truck driver Carol Cauley of Stand Up for Savannah choked up as she testified Tuesday before a Senate committee in Savannah. She said because trucking companies classify owner-operator drivers as independent contractors instead of employees there is no health insurance) -- Savannah, GA, USA - Business in Sasvannah, by Mary Carr Mayle and Walter C. Jones - 21 July 2015 Labels: independent contractors, truckers classification
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