(B) Where it is necessary for the complete performance of transportation services required by this Agreement, Contractor or his agents or employees, if any, shall load and/or unload freight onto and/or from the motor vehicle.
(C) Compensation for loading and unloading services described above shall be included within the total amount of compensation paid by Carrier to Contractor, as set forth exclusively in Exhibit “A” to this Agreement.
(D) Contractor agrees to meet Carrier’s scheduled pickup and delivery appointment times while allowing time for the proper rest and compliance with all governmental regulations. In the event that due to Contractor negligence said pickup and/or delivery times are not met, the Carrier reserves the right to penalize the Contractor assessment fines of $250 per day.
(E) Payment shall be made bimonthly after submission to Carrier of all the following: necessary delivery receipts, trip manifests, trip lease or interchange agreements (where applicable), fuel receipts, driver’s logs, and detention forms properly endorsed by the shipper, consignee, and driver. Any exceptions so noted on the delivery receipt by the consignee at the time of delivery shall be cause to withhold payment to the Contractor by the Carrier pending investigation and resolution of noted exception.
(F) Carrier, at its option, may deduct from any payment otherwise due the Contractor hereunder all or any part of any amount for which Contractor is then indebted to Carrier or any of its affiliate companies.
4. Contractor’s Employees.
(A) Contractor shall furnish, at Contractor’s own discretion, selection, and expense, any labor required incidental to the operation of the equipment and the pickup, packing, loading, unloading, assembling, disassembling, and delivery of shipments in the performance of this Agreement.
(B) Contractor shall be solely responsible for the direction and control of the employees, agents, and servants of the Contractor, if any, performing labor pursuant to subparagraph. A hereinabove, including their selection, hiring, firing, supervision, assignment, and direction, the setting of wages, hours, and working conditions, and the adjustment of their grievances. At no time will employees, agents, and servants of the Contractor operating leased equipment become the employees of Carrier or be directed by Carrier in the method, means, and manner of the performance of the work of Contractor’s employees, agents and servants, if any, and their performance of this Agreement.
(C) Contractor assumes full and sole responsibility for the payment of all wages, benefits, and expenses of Contractor’s employees, if any, and for all state and federal income tax withholdings, unemployment insurance, and Social Security taxes as to all persons employed by Contractor in the performance of services under this Agreement, and Contractor shall be responsible for meeting and fulfilling the requirements of all regulations, how or hereafter prescribed by legally constituted authority with respect thereto. Carrier shall not be responsible for the wages, benefits, or expenses, due