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Company Driver or Owner Operator residing in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatoon
Demonstrated performance, safety and reliability will be considered in conjunction with years of service
You will be well organized and possess excellent customer service skills
2 year tractor-trailer experience
Excellent Safety record
No preventable accidents in the last year
Position Profile:
Running Canada/US, no mountains
Assigned Unit (Volvo 2016 autoshift), dry vans only
For contractors – 55 c/mile (12,000 miles guaranteed) + $20 extra pick up/drop
For owner operators 1.50 cnd per mile or 90% from Gross
Please send your resume and drivers abstract to admin@conroytrucking.com
or fax at 1-905-761-7291
If you have any questions please call Andriy at 416-219-4072
 
Contractors? What is that you are advertising for an illegal driver service so you can bypass paying source deductions like good honest carriers do?

Hello CRA Andriy would like to talk to you about deductions...

Where is the OTA and CTA chasing down these carriers doing this so we can Level the playing field in our quest for drivers.
 
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Seems to be the way many industries are going. Instead of hiring employees, they hire "contractors". Six month contracts, no benefits, pay your own source deductions (if in fact any of them actually do), no job security. The problem is not unique to transportation.
 
Rob said:
Contractors? What is that you are advertising for an illegal driver service so you can bypass paying source deductions like good honest carriers do?

Hello CRA Andriy would like to talk to you about deductions...

Where is the OTA and CTA chasing down these carriers doing this so we can Level the playing field in our quest for drivers.
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You might be surprised about how closely the three parties have been working together on this matter. we dont want to spook anyone just yet.
 
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The Acid test for contractor versus employee goes as follows... if the operator of the truck can't take that unit and pull any load they wish....or if the ownership of the vehicle bares no connection to the operator....or the operator of the truck can't come to work for the truck owner one day and someone else the next by his/her choice..... you are an employee, not a contractor. Regardless weather you pay the operators company with HST, the CRA will make you pay their source deductions on top of that if the crap ever hits the fan. It's basically impossible by the letter of the law to pay a truck driver as a contractor unless they are a true owner operator.
 
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Even carriers who employ owner-operators need to be careful as owner-ops, too, can be classified as employees...remember reading about that happening to Mackie about 15 years ago.
 
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Freight Broker said:
Even carriers who employ owner-operators need to be careful as owner-ops, too, can be classified as employees...remember reading about that happening to Mackie about 15 years ago.
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If you really want to go right down to letter of the law, the operator being controlled by a comapny dispatch and the truck being plated by the same company shows a control that is similar to an employer/emoloyee relationship. At least the o/o is paying his own expenses to operate etc. The under contract O/O will need to be revisited some day, but the whole contractor thing needs to be hit first.
 
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I have a friend, who has to pay an Owner Operator vacation pay, because Labor Board ruled in favor of the Owner Operator. Any ideas what can be done ?
 
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I have a friend, who has to pay an Owner Operator vacation pay, because Labor Board ruled in favor of the Owner Operator. Any ideas what can be done ?
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I'm thinking there is more to this story...but not out of the realm of possible for the labor board. They have been known to do some crazy stuff.
 
Bbigrig said:
I'm thinking there is more to this story...but not out of the realm of possible for the labor board. They have been known to do some crazy stuff.
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The Labor Board didn't clarify much, they just said they're basing the decision on past decision for same type of matters.
 
E="imx_kang, post: 71411, member: 14606"]The Labor Board didn't clarify much, they just said they're basing the decision on past decision for same type of matters.[/QUOTE]

I'm not surprised. Some companies abusing the meaning of O/O and micromanaging every step including when to breathe and when to inhale, when to go for a #1 and when for #2...
On the other hand, there is plenty of people in this industry on the road with no or a little work ethics..
In my past life I've seen letters from Managers explaining how to be polite and behave on customer property...
Does this type of control, besides all others already noted above, constitute O/O as an employee??
 
From what I've read on the net so far, most Owner Operators are dependent Owner Operators rather then independent. Maybe because of this dependency is helping the Labor Board to classify them as employees ?
 
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Have your owner/operators incorporate and pay their corporation. Paying the O/O personally doesn't show an arm's length transaction imho.
 
Hi. I might like to pipe in here. I am certainly not an expert in the field. But, I don't think that it matters much whether the owner-operator is incorporated or working as a sole proprietor. I believe they look at criteria such as, who owns the truck, who pays for repair and maintenance of the truck, does the owner-operator have the freedom to turn down any loads, does the owner-operator pay for fuel, etc. They are looking for ways to prove that the owner-operator is working at an arm's length and I don't believe that being incorporated is a necessity to prove this. This has just been my experience. :)
 
chica123 said:
Hi. I might like to pipe in here. I am certainly not an expert in the field. But, I don't think that it matters much whether the owner-operator is incorporated or working as a sole proprietor. I believe they look at criteria such as, who owns the truck, who pays for repair and maintenance of the truck, does the owner-operator have the freedom to turn down any loads, does the owner-operator pay for fuel, etc. They are looking for ways to prove that the owner-operator is working at an arm's length and I don't believe that being incorporated is a necessity to prove this. This has just been my experience. :)
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It's interesting that back in a days companies were insisted on all O/O being incorporated because that give them a business account to deal with and ability to have own disability insurance instead of troubled and expensive WSIB...
 
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