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Legislating the Gig Worker Economy


Legislating the Gig Worker Economy

California became the first state to change its labor law and grant gig workers more labor protections when Assembly Bill 5, better known as AB5 ...

Industry Laws and Regulations - Gig Economy: A Research Guide

Traditionally, gig workers were classified as independent contractors without benefits employees would receive, such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and ...

New Worker Classification Rule Could Disrupt the U.S. Gig Economy

In a gig economy, temporary jobs are commonplace and companies hire independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees.

Legislating the Gig Worker Economy

The federal CARES Act, passed in late March 2020, took the unprecedented step of expanding unemployment insurance to independent contractors and ...

Redefining the Gig Economy: Policy Changes and… - FiscalNote

The introduction of the California Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), which sought to reclassify many gig workers as employees rather than independent ...

Regulation Struggles To Keep Pace With Global Gig Economy

In Serbia, among other places, legislation aims primarily to boost tax collection from independent workers. Following the California model, ...

Gig economy: Governments legislate to disrupt the disruptors

There is, however, an inherent conflict between the societal interest in protecting gig economy workers by legally classifying them as employees who deserve the ...

Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman Introduces Gig Is Up Act to End ...

The bill would require companies with at least $100 million in revenues, and that employ at least 10,000 independent contractors, to pay for ...

Labor Department Cements Rule Change on Gig Worker Status (1)

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New wage laws meant to help gig workers are backfiring big-time

These new laws are intended to provide app-based delivery and rideshare drivers with livable earnings by creating a price floor for gig worker wages.

States and cities eye stronger protections for gig economy workers

Since the start of the summer, both Australia and the European Union moved to strengthen workplace protections for gig workers, while the U.S. ...

What's New on Benefit Models for Gig Workers - Third Way

Approach 1: Pursuing portable benefits models · Approach 2: Expanding benefits and protections directly · Approach 3: Increasing pay transparency.

An overview of gig economy legislation and the protection of ...

Despite significant gaps in rights protections for gig economy workers, only a few countries in Africa have made progress towards adopting such legislation.

What's a 'gig' job? How it's legally defined affects workers' rights and ...

Since gig work tends to be volatile and contingent, losing employment protections amplifies the precariousness of work. A business using ...

Republicans Introduce Measure to Block Gig Worker Status Rule

Republicans and business leaders say the regulation will deal a blow to the gig economy and restrict flexibility for workers who enjoy being in ...

War on Gig Workers Goes National | City Journal

Many Californians, and Americans, do want this kind of economy. Neither in California nor nationally have gig workers broadly united to complain ...

Gig Economy - Mark R. Warner

The changing employee-employer dynamic of the “gig economy” poses both opportunities and challenges for the American worker, allowing freedom and flexibility ...

An Empirical Snapshot of the Gig Economy | Cato Institute

The intent was to make most of these workers bona fide employees, with schedules and hours determined by the company rather than the worker. The legislation ...

Gig economy: how the EU improves platform workers' rights | Topics

This legislation granted new rights for the most vulnerable employees on atypical contracts and in non-standard jobs, such as gig economy ...

Why gig work is so hard to regulate - BBC

In various countries, policymakers are responding to worker and consumer pressure with new legislation attempting to reform the gig economy.