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> And then they would fire you, hand you a substantial financial settlement for your wrongful termination, and you will be able to collect unemployment benefits while you take your sweet time to find a company that's not garbage.

FTFY

ah, but you see, they don't actually employ you

In the case of pedal.me, they do.

> At pedal me, we believe in looking after our people properly. That’s why our team are employees, not contractors.

We can downgrade from OSHA to class action lawyers with this kind of thinking. Seriously why not require helmets and hire for safety, too?