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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by rectang on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:10PM (#14472110)
> I assume that's because of "we only want people on this who are insurable drivers in good standing to begin with" and not because of "we expect your personal policy to cover this".

The costs I enumerated accrue to the employee even if Walmart has insurance covering drivers while they are "online" and actively making deliveries.

If that even got by you, what chance does the average worker have?

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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by SilasX on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:16PM (#14472145)
I get your general point (about non-obvious risks), but I addressed it with the point about compensated mileage, which is how these costs are paid for elsewhere. Edit: and it's not obvious at all that Walmart's policy won't cover any insurance missed by the personal policy, as is the case with Uber -- hence the comment!
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