Patricia Gross, 47, has worked as an independent government contractor with various nonprofits since 2018. Those nonprofits are now out of work, and so is Gross.
The standard for defining who’s an employee and who’s an independent contractor has gone back and forth in the courts for years.
Upwork’s latest study found that amid the Great Resignation, more professionals are considering freelance work in the future.
Uber drivers in Britain should be classed as “workers” and not self-employed, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled Friday.
“Dasher,” “tasker,” “driver-partner.” How companies pick worker nicknames that reflect the argument that workers are contractors, not employees.
Usually there are lots of benefits and protections that come with being an employee instead of a gig worker, like being paid the minimum wage.
The debate over gig worker classification has called labor law into question.
As Uber prepares to prove its California drivers are independent contractors, it says it’s giving them more independence.
A bill that could force companies to reclassify workers as employees looks poised to win approval this week.
A law under consideration in California would require the companies to classify their drivers as employees.
