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This is just tap dancing around the fact that "gig work" is _work_ and should have all the benefits and protections of full time or part time jobs.
by qbasic_forever 3y ago
This is just tap dancing around the fact that "gig work" is _work_ and should have all the benefits and protections of full time or part time jobs.
- water9 3y agothis is also tap dancing around the rigidity of full-time and part-time jobs were dependability on a daily basis are required something that gig workers enjoy not having to conform to
- qbasic_forever 3y agoFlexibility in working hours does not mean all other employee benefits are forfeit!
- jrflowers 3y agoThis is a good point. Gig workers enjoy being summarily fired by a robot with no explanation or recourse, now they will have to move to another city in order to keep doing so. I would hate to be a gig worker in Seattle today and see that the people that pay me to work have to give notice before banning me from their app.
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- makeitdouble 3y agoOr have protections that aren't related to work. We can't have it both ways with utter flexibility on the business side and no support on the social side. Cutting flexibility on the business side is an option, the other is to increase the support without an employer paying for it.
- bcrosby95 3y agoSo more taxes to pay for support. Both will be opposed by the same group of lobbyists. You're paying a game of "heads I win, tails you lose" with them.
- whimsicalism 3y agoA large part of what matters is voters and I personally would absolutely vote to expand social safety net but would vote against any effort to move to a European style of employment law (ie. no at-will).