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minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoA “crew member” would be some kind of employee. Employees don’t pay a company a quarter of a million dollars to do “work” for eight hours. You don’t pay to work, you get payed to work. Just because you call someone a crew member doesn’t necessarily mean that would hold up in a court of law.
minus-squareSkavargen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoTechnically I believe they were classified as employees that “donated” to the company. Nice workaround Stockton! Let’s see how that holds up in court with the obvious gross negligence.
minus-squareaverage650@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI think if they were alive to sue and be sued… He’d be fucked.
A “crew member” would be some kind of employee.
Employees don’t pay a company a quarter of a million dollars to do “work” for eight hours. You don’t pay to work, you get payed to work.
Just because you call someone a crew member doesn’t necessarily mean that would hold up in a court of law.
Technically I believe they were classified as employees that “donated” to the company. Nice workaround Stockton! Let’s see how that holds up in court with the obvious gross negligence.
I think if they were alive to sue and be sued… He’d be fucked.