Workers of the (gig) world, unite! GlobeDebate
Legal decisions in the United Kingdom and France have also looked at whether gig economy workers are employees, but it is California, birthplace of the gig economy, where that legal future is being most aggressively questioned.
The California court said that only someone whose working conditions satisfy three basic criteria can be classed as an independent contractor. Uber and its peers believe workers’ ability to set their own hours is a key factor in their self-employed status. But an Uber driver, when on the job, is under the direction of the company’s algorithm. And driving customers is Uber’s core business.
Gig economy leaders insist that flexible schedules make their workers somehow unique. But simply offering a flexible schedule has not allowed companies in other industries to reclassify themselves as something other than employers, and their employees as non-employees.
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