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Don't companies not pay taxes for gig workers to get unemployment? Is there going to be any change to that?

• toomuchtodo 7y ago
  No. Gig workers are "self employed", who traditionally do not pay unemployment insurance such that traditional employers do (as a sole proprietor; if you incorporate and pay yourself as an employee, you would then be eligible for unemployment insurance; I imagine this is very rare as a gig worker, and unsure if any platforms support such a configuration). This legislation doesn't change that, but it likely pulls some of those gig workers out of the system, as they might collect more on unemployment than working limited gig work available. TBD if this puts supply pressures on platforms. Personal opinion: The stimulus is generous enough it's going to cause gig platforms to bleed out, as the stimulus is directed at the workers, not at the platforms. Bird is already performing mass layoffs. [1] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22707935 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22707935
  • lupire 7y ago
    Legitimate businesses and their customers subsidizing VCs and their managers, highly paid employees, and customers.
  • earthshot 7y ago
    In my experience as a business owner I was not eligible to collect unemployment insurance even though I had to pay into it. Worst of both worlds.
  • stefan_ 7y ago
    I think you took this question too literal. Uber et al. have not paid unemployment and other benefits for these "contractors" that are now supposed to receive exactly these benefits. It is literally a bailout for their workforce. Which I'm happy that we are doing, these are real persons after all, but then we must necessarily dismantle them afterwards to make sure it doesn't repeat.