Re:California is cracking down on the gig economy
by cortesoft on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:14PM
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That seems like a failure of the insurance market more than anything else. It seems like insurance companies are using employee count as a proxy for hours worked... is there really that much of an increase risk for 4 people working 2 hours each vs one person working 8? Maybe, but we should be able to price that risk and allow a company to insure people per hour.
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Re:California is cracking down on the gig economy
by pishpash on Saturday June 01, 2019 @03:48PM
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Or, you can just pay them what their market salary is in cash including what would have gone into insurance, and let them figure it out themselves. Why are you trying to overcomplicate things?
Re:California is cracking down on the gig economy
by CryptoPunk on Sunday June 02, 2019 @01:26PM
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>>Maybe, but we should be able to price that risk and allow a company to insure people per hour.
In many states regulations prevent customizing employee insurance packages to that extent. There are cookie cutter obligations that employers have to meet regardless of the hours an employee works.
Gig economy jobs get around the inefficiencies imposed by labor regulations.