The Independent

were brought on board as independent contractors. By Mr. Jones and Mr. Stevens dismissing the instructions given to them by Mr. Williams, the on-site manager, they were outside of their course of employment. Because of these facts, Chemco cannot be held liable for their actions. Mr. Matthew’s filed a complaint in December 1999 against Chemco due to injuries sustained while working. It is alleged that Chemco is culpable for the accident due to the negligence of the independent contractors, Mr.…

“Let’s be independent together!” my sister Molly, who has always protected my sister Kristi and me, said as we sat in our muggy garage packing our trunks for five weeks of camp in the unfamiliar mountains of North Carolina. Kristi and I had no desire to be away from our parents in a strange place for over 30 days. My parents told us we needed to be independent, and that having experiences away from home would help us in the long run. Molly’s reply to our fear was to tell us to be independent…

married couples to demand a divorce and become independent within each other and without interference of the law, they will explain the reasons for choosing to become independent to the whole world. This requires us, Married couples, to write our very own Declaration of Independence for anyone to see and have an idea of why they chose to be independent and equal to our partners. There are many causes in where people decide to become independent to their partner. In some cases they don't want…

her mother. Also, Josh enabled Wendy to become independent through the clarinet and expressing herself through music and having a unique instrument that made her stand out “You being a more understated kind of person, but I am thinking maybe you are about due to bust out with something a little flashy yourself”(289). Josh wanted her to step out of her comfort zone and experience a new perspective and to not be afraid to stand out and be independent from others. Wendy did step out with the help…

same peace of land to two different ethnic, cultural and religious groups. The British government offered an independent state of Palestine to the Jewish people through the Balfour Declaration. The Balfour declaration is essentially the British Government giving full support for an independent state of Palestine to be a home for the Jewish people. During the dispute about who gets an independent state of Palestine, the Jewish people declared independence of the state Palestine region and thus…

‘Analytic’ are known as independent thinker, they usually think critically, meanwhile ‘intuivist’ are on the other side of ‘analytic’ as they are very dependent, and are uncritical thinker (Sadler-Smith, 2010; Martin, 1998). According to Kelley’s model of followership style, it shows that ‘alienated’ and ‘exemplary’ followers are the independent and a critical thinker. ‘The sheep’ and the ‘yes-people’ followers are shown by the model as dependent, and uncritical thinker, meanwhile ‘pragmatist’…

intern, one develops skills necessary to become functioning component in a world where mistakes can be deadly. Most importantly however, I learned how much responsibility is required to become independent; to be on you own. In the process of working a summer job, I learned what it meant to be not only independent, but also a functioning component of our society as a…

Once in a while people want to take a vacation as a reward of their hard work. However, they often struggle with a pre-travel question like What type of travel we want? Mainly, there are two types of traveling: independent travel and organized tour. When choosing between two of them, there are several points to be contemplated: the definition of worry-free vacation and the budget of a vacation. Whatever benefits one has over another, people will always choose the traveling style that suit them…

school climate, shared leadership, and induction programs. Because these four constructs have not been directly measured, they are referred to as unobserved variables (Urdan, 2010). Each construct contains several working conditions, which are the independent variables in this study. The survey contains several questions, or observed variables, because they have been measured by the survey questions and have thus been observed (Urdan, 2010 add him to my citations). In order to maximize the…

The legal aid for the plaintiffs in the well known Uber and Lyft legal battles, is taking the same fight to four more companies. The Uber and Lyft lawsuits were based around misclassification of workers as independent contractors. It seems to be a popular allegation amongst on-demand companies. The four other companies soon to be facing trouble similar to that facing Uber and Lyft are: Postmates (delivery service), Instacart (delivery service), Washio (a laundry service), and Shyp (a shipping…