Biden administration reverses Trump-era gig workers rule
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden administration reverses Trump-era gig workers rule

Al Jazeera  

President Joe Biden’s Labor Department has blocked a Trump-era rule that would have made it easier for companies to classify workers as gig labour, rather than employees entitled a minimum wage and other benefits. President Joe Biden’s Labor Department on Wednesday rescinded a Trump-era rule that would have made it easier for businesses in the United States to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Walsh said in the interview that his department would have conversations in coming months with companies that employ gig labour to make sure workers have access to consistent wages, sick time, healthcare, and “all of the things that an average employee in America can access”. The rule by former President Donald Trump’s administration, finalised in early January before he left office on January 20, would have hampered workers’ ability to earn a minimum wage and overtime compensation – protections offered under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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Critics are blasting Biden for taking ‘a destructive California idea national’ for gig workers. Here’s what he really did
1 year ago

Critics are blasting Biden for taking ‘a destructive California idea national’ for gig workers. Here’s what he really did

LA Times  

San Francisco’s city attorney last month reached the kind of settlement many gig workers have been seeking for years: An app-based hospitality company called Qwick agreed to reclassify thousands of bartenders, servers and dishwashers as employees, giving them back wages and, for the first time, sick pay and other legal benefits. That hasn’t stopped critics from claiming that Biden’s action …

New Biden administration rule seeks to make more gig workers employees
1 year, 2 months ago

New Biden administration rule seeks to make more gig workers employees

Live Mint  

The Biden administration issued a new rule Tuesday intended to put more gig workers on company payrolls, a change that could reverberate across many industries, most notably at ride-share and food-delivery companies such as Uber Technologies and DoorDash. The new regulation could affect millions of workers across a range of industries, including healthcare, restaurants, construction and transportation, though affected businesses …

Biden's New Independent Contractor Rule Kills Trump Changes
1 year, 2 months ago

Biden's New Independent Contractor Rule Kills Trump Changes

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration is releasing a new labor regulation that would make it harder for employers to skirt minimum wage and overtime obligations by labeling workers as “independent contractors.” The final rule, announced Tuesday and slated to go into effect March 11, seeks to crack down on employee misclassification. “I have traveled and talked to workers across …

Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies
2 years, 5 months ago

Labor proposal could upend rules for gig workers, companies

Associated Press  

The Biden administration proposed new standards Tuesday that could make it more difficult to classify millions of workers as independent contractors and deny them minimum wage and benefits. The U.S. Department of Labor rule, which could take months to take effect, would replace a scrapped Trump-era standard that had lowered the bar for classifying employees as contractors, workers who are …

Biden Cracks Down On Misclassification Of Workers As Independent Contractors
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden Cracks Down On Misclassification Of Workers As Independent Contractors

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration introduced a new regulation Tuesday that would make it harder for employers to misclassify workers as “independent contractors” to avoid minimum wage and overtime laws. “While independent contractors have an important role in our economy, we have seen in many cases that employers misclassify their employees as independent contractors, particularly among our nation’s most …

Biden labour proposal could shake up gig economy
2 years, 5 months ago

Biden labour proposal could shake up gig economy

Al Jazeera  

The proposal would require that US workers who are ‘economically dependent’ on a company be considered its employees and hence entitled to more benefits and protections. The proposal, revealed on Tuesday, would require that workers be considered a company’s employees, entitled to more benefits and legal protections than contractors, when they are “economically dependent” on the company. ‘A clear blow’ …

Casuals, contractors and gig workers set for 'potentially massive' changes under Labor
2 years, 9 months ago

Casuals, contractors and gig workers set for 'potentially massive' changes under Labor

ABC  

Work is going to change for millions of Australians. Key points: Labor will make job security a key aim of laws and processes around work Gig workers may get expanded protections and "employee-like" conditions There is little detail about the proposals With the election campaign focused on issues as disparate as the cost of living, China’s growing regional influence and …

Biden Repeals Trump Rule Meant To Protect Gig Economy's 'Independent Contractor' Model
3 years, 10 months ago

Biden Repeals Trump Rule Meant To Protect Gig Economy's 'Independent Contractor' Model

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration is dismantling another piece of former President Donald Trump’s employer-friendly legacy, undoing a labor regulation that would have made it harder for workers to sue gig companies and other businesses that misclassified them. Labor Secretary Marty Walsh said in a statement that by withdrawing the Trump rule, “we will help preserve essential worker rights …

Labor Department walks back Obama-era guidance on ‘joint employers’ and gig workers
7 years, 9 months ago

Labor Department walks back Obama-era guidance on ‘joint employers’ and gig workers

LA Times  

Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta testifies in March at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. In a departure from the Obama administration’s worker-friendly approach to labor violations, the U.S. Labor Department on Wednesday said it has retracted a standard for determining whether companies are responsible as “joint employers” for working conditions of people employed by …

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