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Complaint Review: Pierce Group Atlanta - Dallas Georgia
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Pierce Group Atlanta
103 Brookside Drive Dallas, 30132 Georgia, USA
Phone:
7702497299
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http://piercegroupatlanta.com/
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Pierce Group Atlanta Violation of 1099 IRS Contractor Agreement Dallas Georgia
This transcription company employs independent contractors under IRS 1099 regulations; however, it is very vague and elusive about how much it will actually pay for transcription services, and then reduces the amounts quoted in their "employment" papers. For example, they quote a $40 - $80 flat rate, and end up paying their contractors less than $1.00 per transcribed page, without notifiying the contractor or stating why. The owners/staff are insulted when questioned for details of their check payments to their ICs. Their website gives an address of 6041 Burnt Hicklory Trail, Powder Springs, GA 30127, but their company checks give a Dallas, GA address.
Pierce Group Atlanta is in direct violation of the IRS stipulations for 1099 IC employment; and, also in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, in that they impose a master-slave relationship upon their Independent Contractors. Reporting information to send your certified letters about this agency, for both the IRS and Fair Labor Standards Act, is as follows:
Internal Revenue Service, P. O. Box 192, Covington, KY 41012-0192; US Labor Department Wage & Hour Division, 61 Forsyth Street #7M10, (678) 237-0521, or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center, 100 Alabama Street, SW, Suite 4R30, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Phone: 1-800-669-4000, Fax: 404-562-6909. But, before you do any/all of this, it might serve you well to send a certified letter to their office at: Pierce Group Atlanta, 103 Brookside Drive, Dallas, GA 30132-4309, Attention: Andrea Campbell, stating your complaints and/or suggesting/demanding a remedy, complete with your demand-action response date. This company is definitely not what it represents itself to be. And don't forget to post here, as well. We all want to be updated as to their current business and employee-relations actual practices.
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Robert
Irvine,California,
USA
You seem confused...
#2Consumer Comment
Fri, April 29, 2016
You seem to be confusing a 1099 Independent Contractor with an W-2 Employee..
First off because you are an IC the Fair Labor Standards Act does not apply because that is for EMPLOYEES which you are NOT. You are under a contract and unless they are violating the contract there is no grounds for any action against them.
Now, if they are in violation of the contract by not paying you the $40-$80 "flat rate" you can take action against them but you would have to sue them through the civil courts. But if they give you $40 for a 10 page transccript or a 5000 page transcript they are not in violation because that $40 "flat rate" was in the contract you signed.
A "Master-Slave" relationship? Seriously? If you want to hear about a real slave relationship perhaps you should talk to one of the many organizations of the decendents of slaves. Or better yet, one of the many CURRENT organizations that is still trying to end slavery in the world. Because you will find out that not only does a statement like that diminish any claim you have, it trivializes people who are suffering through true slavery. As unlike real slaves, you are free to stop accepting transcripts from this company at any time and go your own way. Try to tell a person who is shackled at the feet, and forced to have s** or perform other labor activities if they have that same option to leave.
As for this IRS violation you are claiming. The ONLY violation would be if what they reported to the IRS is not what they paid you. This is not whether or not you agree with the amount, just if the amount is the same.
