East News
Viewing comments for:
Jury Backs $2.3 Million Award to Terminated Independent Agent; Nationwide to Challenge Verdict
East News • December 17, 2004
An eight person jury in the United States District Court in Connecticut awarded $2.3 million in compensatory damages to an independent insurance agent in a decision expected to have serious ...
Insurance Journal is not responsible for the content of the message below.
| Subject | Posted By | Posted On |
|---|---|---|
| RE: Nationwide | mike | Jan 3, 2005, 3:36 pm |
| Agent Termination by Company | Rupe | Dec 28, 2004, 3:27 pm |
| RE: nationwide / Sefton Comment | Lou Thyroff | Dec 18, 2004, 10:30 pm |
| Nationwide | Thomas M. Baggoptt | Dec 18, 2004, 7:17 am |
| nationwide | Sefton | Dec 18, 2004, 5:16 am |
| RE: A glimpse at the company line | jsjag | Dec 17, 2004, 5:17 pm |
| RE: RE: Finally | JSJAG | Dec 17, 2004, 4:55 pm |
| A glimpse at the company line | InsNerd | Dec 17, 2004, 3:51 pm |
| RE: Finally | Laura | Dec 17, 2004, 3:38 pm |
| Finally | jsjAG | Dec 17, 2004, 12:47 pm |
| RE: RE: nationwide | Mark | Dec 17, 2004, 11:39 am |
| RE: nationwide | Larry Muchmore | Dec 17, 2004, 10:22 am |
| Ind. Contractor Agents: Employees without benefits | Rod Guilmette | Dec 17, 2004, 10:04 am |
| nationwide | drudy | Dec 17, 2004, 8:51 am |
| Back to article | ||
Subject: Ind. Contractor Agents: Employees without benefits
The controls, including quotas, that are imposed on the agents prevent them from being anything but employees without benefits.
Those controls reach right down into the agents' staffs.
These companies want all the control that applies to employees without the responsibilities and benefits that come with that.
In addtion, they want to be able to terminate the contract with or without cause.
A small business owner invests an incredible amount of time and money into his/her business. The concept that the business can be destroyed for any reason or no reason is beyond the pale.
All other things being equal, a computer programmer, a machinist or a legal secretary, if terminated, can get another job across town.
Talk about having your cake and eating it too!