Some legislatures are easier targets than othersOne consequence of these industrywide measures is that they could affect far more than current gig workers. According to Maya Pinto of the National Employment Law Project, a nonprofit worker-advocacy group that has just published a report on the topic, the broader measures encourage companies to reclassify employees as contractors. In the first six months of 2018, six states passed bills broadly carving out gig workers from employment laws and effectively classifying them as contractors. The state was the first to pass legislation legalizing ride-hailing companies like Uber, and a local lobbying firm involved in that effort helped spearhead this one, too. It received more than $80,000 in 2018 from Uber and Handy, according to lobbying disclosures compiled by the National Employment Law Project.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2019 09:00 UTC