
(The Center Square) — Misclassification that’s shorting workers and the state’s safety net has some legislators looking askance at gig work.
Legislators of both parties have raised concerns, though on different problems.
Republicans have called misclassification “the greatest criminal activity throughout the state besides the drug trade” in regards to its economic impact. Paying an employee as if they were an independent contractor means the state’s unemployment compensation trust fund loses almost $100 million annually.
Democrats have focused more on the gig economy and unionized labor getting undercut by non-union firms.
“Until we make a decided shift in favor of employees, things are not …