18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Imagine that you work for the city of Fresno, California during the summer, and you are a union employee, just like the other 2000 employees of Fresno. As a union member you are a. the agent of your union b. the principal of your union c. the independent contractor of the union d. the agent for your union e none of the above The articles titled \"FedEx to pay $26.8M to settle California contractor case\" deals with situations in which drivers are classified as independent contractors rather than employees. If the drivers are employees, what would the employer be responsible for paying? a. Social Security taxes b. Unemployment tax c. Workers' Compensation d. All ofthese e. None of these An employment contract of indefinite duration is: a. invalid b. an at will contract c. automatically terminated after two years cl. terminated only for good cause e. the employee is called a contractual employee Insurance designed to protect an insured driver or owner from the claims of another is called: a. collision insurance comprehensive insurance liability insurance underinsured insurance none of the above see?" lmagine that you have a friend, Pat, and Pat works during the summers for a small construction company framing homes. The construction company buys materials and brings those materials and the workers tools to the construction sites. Pat asks you what type of insurance this company should have in order to help protect its tools against theft at the worksite, not at the company's business location. a. Business liability insurance b. Business real property insurance c. Business personal property insurance d. Inland marine insurance e. Ocean marine insurance THE IND'IANA'oLls STAR FedEx to pay $26.8M to settle California contractor case NEW YORK FedEx Corp. said Eiday it will pay $26.8 million 'to settle a_case in its battle over whether its Ground unit workers are illegally classied as inde enden; contractors instead of em]: ones. The California Appeals Court ruled last year that" about' 200 connectors ~ who operated in the state were . employees. The company had long asserted\" that its drivers, who have the _, ttqpym'rpuj 1e deliVer routes, - shoul' he classie as independent ' contractors. But drivers under this a'ssicatim: do not receive beets.' FedEx Ground drivers had led more '- than '50 lawsuits challen ' .FedEx . : Groundfs business mode-for independent ' - mtretors. The suits have been I" consolidated into a singlefederal court case in South Bend, Ind. The Califomia case was led earlier and was not inciudediat'hefedgrai-case. OLE) s mush... u._.. . ... ,.. ..__....A ._._. .. Mm am- Wm m wMWIII-IlwlumwwwAWN-hum-mummmnmmmlnmmwwwlMMWMNWMWIwWmwmmuwm u_mmmm_m .. ' a mm mm W.umm.mw mlmum M
