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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by OliverGilan on Thursday August 20, 2020 @08:47PM (#24230720)
Under current laws you are correct but I think he is trying to highlight the point that maybe the laws shouldn't have this dichotomy and we should recognize there are instances where not being a full employee yet not filling the exact current definition of a contractor should exist
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Re:Uber and Lyft shutdown in California averted as judge gra... by URSpider94 on Friday August 21, 2020 @12:59AM (#24232131)
The reason these laws exist is because corporations will use them to reclassify the maximum number of employees possible as contractors, so they can avoid a whole host of legal constraints around employment.

In general, flexibility in classification of workers almost always plays out poorly for the majority of workers.

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