Gig economy businesses might be unaware of a new requirement in the latest American Rescue Plan stimulus package that is designed to help workers keep track of and correctly pay their taxes each year. The new requirement is the result
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The Gig Employer Blog, published by Fisher Phillips LLP, focuses on legal issues affecting gig economy businesses and their workforce. It covers topics such as worker classification, independent contractor regulations, labor and employment law developments, tax reporting requirements for gig workers, legislative proposals impacting gig worker rights and bargaining, and the effects of federal and state policy changes on gig employers. The blog also addresses challenges related to wage disparities, compliance with labor standards, and the evolving regulatory landscape under different administrations. It serves as a resource for employers navigating the complexities of managing gig workers within current legal frameworks.
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Connecticut’s Proposed Worker Bargaining Law Would Transform Gig Economy As We Know It
A unique legislative proposal pending in Connecticut would upend the way that gig economy businesses interact with their workers – and has drawn both strong support and vocal dissent from the very group of individuals it is intended to assist.…
White House Takes Next Step At Wiping Out Trump-Era Gig Economy Rule
We knew it had been coming, but the Biden recently made it official: the Department of Labor announced it wants to rescind the gig economy rule that was originally crafted under President Trump’s tenure and was about to make it…
Even In The Gig Economy, Women Earn Less Than Men – But Why?
By Lisa McGlynn
March is Women’s History month, usually a cause for celebration in the workplace. But this year, unfortunately, most of the news regarding women in the workforce has been COVID-related and negative in nature. Over the last year, positions traditionally held…
Biden DOL Shreds Trump-Era Gig Economy Guidance Letter
The new administration’s efforts to reverse course on many of the gains that gig economy businesses achieved under previous White House leadership took another step today as the Department of Labor (DOL) withdrew a guidance letter that indicated typical gig…
Biden’s Labor Department Delays Gig Economy Rule And Seeks New Public Input
By Publisher
As we predicted, the Biden administration signed an order immediately after taking charge of the White House halting the advancement of the Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule. Now for the next step: the Assistant to the President…
California Supreme Court Denies Petition To Toss Proposition 22
By Publisher
The California Supreme Court just declined to take up the petition filed by a group of app-based rideshare and delivery drivers to hold as unconstitutional the voter-approved ballot measure that ensured that app-based rideshare and delivery drivers could be classified…
Once-Pivotal Grubhub Case Back On The Court Docket – But Has The Gig Economy Moved On?
A federal appeals court just resurrected a pivotal gig economy battle that at one time seemed to be the center of the legal universe – but for a variety of reasons seems much less important these days. The 9th Circuit…
Biden’s Ambitious Plan To Take On The Gig Economy May Run Into An Unlikely Snag: His Own Party
Joe Biden made no secret about his position on the gig economy when he was in campaign mode. “Employer misclassification of ‘gig economy’ workers as independent contractors deprives these workers of legally mandated benefits and protections,” his campaign website said.…
California Supreme Court Rules Dynamex’s ABC Test Is Retroactive
The California Supreme Court held yesterday that the ABC test announced in its landmark Dynamex decision – which makes it infinitely harder for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors – applies on a retroactive basis. This decision ended more…