Work­er mis­clas­si­fi­ca­tion hear­ing focus­es on gig econ­o­my

Worker misclassification hearing focuses on gig economy

(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 …