Sentence examples for contractors meaning from inspiring English sources

Those products are made by contractors, meaning that Nike has more in common with Sears Roebuck than American Can.

The U.S. Navy alone involves hundreds of thousands of active personnel, in addition to contractors, meaning Qadium has a higher number of users.

Three Uber drivers initially filed the lawsuit, claiming that they are employees rather contractors, meaning that they should get health benefits and reimbursement for gas and other car expenses.

Uber drivers are currently classified as independent contractors, meaning they are not entitled to benefits such as minimum wage, overtime, expense reimbursement or health insurance.

But the settlement does not change their employment status as independent contractors — meaning they will not receive any protections commonly reserved for employees, such as health insurance, expense reimbursement or overtime wages.

It is estimated that the average construction worker on an affordable housing project is making about $16,000 a year, at least a third are paid off the books and another third are probably paid as "independent contractors," meaning they don't get unemployment insurance, social security, workers compensation and so on.

They point out that the regulation can be avoided by the client using a "factoring agreement" to transfer the risk of window cleaning to a professional contractor – meaning that it is the low-value housing developments that suffer.

Many labor in the no-man's land of "independent contractor" status, meaning that they don't have the right to organize because they don't have an employer to bargain with.

PAGE A10 Reaching India via Pakistan The decision by the United States to sell 24 jet fighters to Pakistan has also opened up the Indian market, meaning American contractors now have the chance to sell up to 126 fighters --at $35 million each -- to a country with an aging fleet of 800 jets, none of them made in America.

He's technically an "independent contractor," not an employee, meaning all of the costs stemming from the deliveries fall on him rather than on LaserShip or Amazon.

Uber has suffered another setback to its operational model in Europe after a Swiss insurance agency ruled that Uber drivers are employees, not freelance contractors as the company claims — meaning it must pay social security contributions.