Yes, I know that this is damning with faint praise, but Biden's moves in various areas, particularly anti-trust, and now wage theft by the so-called gig economy companies, indicate a desire to actually improve things:
The Biden administration has released a long-awaited proposal that could make it easier for millions of truckers, Uber drivers, freelance writers, home care workers, and janitors to be classified as employees rather than independent contractors — a shift that would grant them access to a host of federal labor protections.
The Biden administration’s 184-page proposed rule would change how the federal agency determines who constitutes an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the 1938 law that determines eligibility for protections like minimum wage, overtime, Social Security, and unemployment insurance.
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The rule could have ramifications for the so-called gig economy. Companies like Uber, Lyft, and Instacart have argued that classifying their drivers as employees rather than contractors would devastate their business models. Other self-employed workers defend their independent contractor status, and say they prefer the flexibility and autonomy they’re afforded as they seek to balance other priorities in their lives.
If having to pay workman's comp, payroll taxes, overtime, minimum wage laws, and the like for your employees devastates your business models, it means that your business model is tax evasion and wage theft.
It's nice that the Biden administration isn't allowing the various app based gig companies to shout "Internet" and evade their responsibilities.
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