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Classifying Workers as Independent Contractors in California is About to Become Harder

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The California Legislature is poised to pass Assembly Bill 5, an act that will reclassify up to two million California independent contractors as employees.  All indications are that the bill will pass in the coming days.  In an op-ed piece published in the Sacramento Bee on Labor Day 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom expressed his …

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California Assembly votes to rein in gig economy abuses, this week in the war on workers

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The so-called gig economy often rests on exploiting workers by misclassifying them as independent contractors, which means they don’t get minimum wage, unemployment insurance, workers compensation, overtime pay, or other protections that regular employees are guaranteed (at least in theory). That may be about to change in California, where the state Supreme Court ruled to clarify how …

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Should Workers Be Punished for Being Employed By Subcontractors? This Legal Battle Will Decide.

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Over the last few decades, a growing number of American workers have effectively lost many of their labor rights because of the way their bosses structure the employment relationship. These workers are contractors who are hired by one company but work for another: the Hyatt Hotel housekeepers who actually work for Hospitality Staffing Solutions, the Microsoft tech workers who actually …

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Contract for Disaster: How Privatization Is Killing the Public Sector

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Privatization is bad news for federal, state and local government workers, and the communities where they live. That’s according to a new report released Wednesday by In the Public Interest, a research group focused on the effects of privatization. The study, “How Privatization Increases Inequality,” explores the role privatization plays in the American economy—compiling data …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.

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