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Would The Mandalorian Be Considered An Employee Under California’s Misclassification Test?

USA - May 4 2020 Not so long ago - 2019, to be exact - in a state not so far, far away - California - lawmakers passed the nation’s most controversial…

Does Gig Work Block Unemployment Benefits? Pennsylvania Supreme Court On Verge Of Deciding Issue

USA - April 15 2020 Donald Lowman was a behavioral health specialist until he lost his job in 2015. He filed a claim for unemployment benefits…

Gig Economy Changes In New York Placed On Hold By COVID-19 Crisis

USA - March 31 2020 Following a proposed and failed bill in the New York State Legislature during Summer 2019 that would have created a new category of “Dependent Worker…

Gig Economy Workers Now Eligible for Unemployment Compensation under the CARES Act

USA - March 30 2020 There’s an old saying that out of crisis comes opportunity - and the gig economy may be on the verge of living that adage. Thanks to the two…

What Gig Economy Companies Are Doing During The COVID-19 Outbreak

USA - March 15 2020 Last week we gave you a seven-step action plan for how gig economy companies can respond to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. A lot has changed in a…

Voters Will Have Say Over California Misclassification Law Come November

USA - March 4 2020 Over a million Californians have said they want a chance to vote on the misclassification law that threatens to upend the gig economy as we know it -…

Gig Economy’s 7-Point Plan For Managing The COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak

USA - March 4 2020 Given that the gig economy is a relatively recent phenomenon, the industry has not yet experienced some of the trials and tribulations that…

Gig Workers in New Jersey May Soon Have Benefits

USA - March 3 2020 A New Jersey lawmaker recently took a big step towards creating a system of benefits for gig economy workers. New Jersey State Senator Troy…

It’s All-AB-5, All-The-Time, As The California Legislature Returns

USA - March 2 2020 After reviewing the 2,203 pieces of proposed legislation introduced in the California legislature by the February 21 deadline, it’s obvious that one…

Judge Forces Instacart To Reclassify Workers As Employees - But Not This Instant

USA - February 25 2020 Gig economy company Instacart lost the latest round of its misclassification battle in San Diego yesterday, as a California state court judge granted…