Biden Goes After Gig Workers – WSJ

But progressives view these flexible arrangements as a burden, not a benefit. Independent contractors can t unionize and aren t covered by Labor s wage and overtime mandates. Unions want to force businesses to reclassify contractors as employees, which is essentially what the proposed rule would do.

The Fair Labor Standards Act defines an employee as any individual employed by an employer. But the Supreme Court in a series of cases starting in the 1940s laid out a multi-prong economic reality test that instructs courts and businesses to weigh many factors when determining whether workers are employees or contractors.

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