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This seems to be for employees only. Are there benefits that are accessible to independent contractors like gig economy workers?
by smallgovt 7y ago
This seems to be for employees only. Are there benefits that are accessible to independent contractors like gig economy workers?
- inferiorhuman 7y agoNo. That's one of the key ways to differentiate between employees and contractors. Keep this in mind the next time you or anyone else cries bloody murder that the state was overreaching in requiring "gig economy" workers to be classified as employees.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoOne of the most common arguments against treating "gig economy" workers as employees that I see is that none of these "gigs" are not supposed to be primary sources of income. Unemployment insurance (in California at least) is funded by (and total payout is determined by) paycheck deductions on W-2 employees. While I certainly support providing financial support for everyone, everyone should be paying into the system. Just like with health insurance.