The shop worker is paid for the hours listed in the shop manual for a particular job, not simply as an hourly employee.  That is why in many shops they will try to rush a job, to get on to the next one and get paid for more hours.  That may vary from shop to shop, but almost all dealerships operate this way so far as I know.

mcneely

---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Well, if I were the only one who worked on it, the explanation could be
> > simple incompetence, but others, professionals, tried.  The automotive
> > window/skylight shop owner refused payment for the half day his workers put
> > on it, but I paid anyway.  His workers, like in most automotive shops, work
> > by piecework pay.  He passed what I paid on to the workers, or actually
> > told me to just pay them directly.  mcneely
> >
> >
>   Really?  They pay the workers piecework in shops?
>
>  So every mechanic who works in my state has to have his own business
> license, insurance, bond and everything else?  They'd be subcontractors
> here and subject to huge nasty fines for working without the proper
> license...
>   The employer, the shop owner, he doesn't have to provide any benefits to
> these workers, then...and the state, it gets a fee from every guy who works
> in the shop rather than just a single fee for the shop as a whole?   I
> don't think Workmans Compensation covers Self Employed, and I know
> Unemployment Insurance doesn't apply to them, either.
>
>  Last time I checked, the fee to get a sub's license, bonding and insurance
> to comply with my state's requirements were nearly $3000....a lot of cash
> for nothing but the right to go punch in and work all day

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David McNeely