• phillaholic@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    It’s worse. They aren’t employees. They are independent contractors who in many cases assume all liability and have to pay their own payroll taxes. Most aren’t reporting it to their insurance company, much less thinking about retirement and healthcare. It only really works as a temporary side gig.

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      10 months ago

      Under EU-Law you might not fall under independent contractor because most of the income and how you do your job is dictated by a single company.
      You automatically fall under regulations for employers and get those protections too. Company that try to do this have to tread very carefully not to fall into that.

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        10 months ago

        I was speaking for Americans. Companies like Door Dash are practically experiments in avoiding labor laws .