Independent Contractors
» Independent Contractors, Volume 8, Issue 6, 2008
If respondent, in the last three years, has employed either full-time or part-time, driver or drivers to haul, deliver, transport, or ship goods, commodities, products, packages, waste, messages, or people BUT is not the primary the primary activity of their business.
Was each of the following a very important, somewhat important, not too important, or not at all important factor in your decision to have an employee or employees drive rather than contracting the job to a person or firm outside the business? How about:?
7D. (reason for employee vs contractor) Had underused resources, such as an underused vehicle or employee, available
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very important | 19 | ||
| 2 | Somewhat important | 33 | ||
| 3 | Not too important | 17 | ||
| 4 | Not at all important | 29 | ||
| 5 | DK/Refuse | 2 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 157 | |||
Notes: Nineteen (19) percent of small employers, who in the last three years have employed either full-time or part-time, driver or drivers to haul, deliver, transport, or ship goods, commodities, products, packages, waste, messages, or people but is not the primary activity of their business stated that underused resources, such as an underused vehicle or employee available was a very important factor in their decision to have an employee or employees drive rather than contracting the job to a person or firm outside the business (Q#7D).
