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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by briandear on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:55PM (#26985007)
> For example, require freelance employers to include expense tracking and calculate workers earnings after expenses.

Should that be up to the freelancer? Ever Uber driver I’ve ever known knows their costs down to the cent. That’s what freelancing is all about.

What would be more valuable is required financial literacy courses as a condition of high school graduation. And restricting predatory student loans. But the Big University lobby would stomp that effort out quickly. Education has had higher inflation than even health costs — due almost entirely to the funny money from essentially unlimited student loan availability.

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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by burlesona on Thursday April 29, 2021 @11:09PM (#26989505)
This is a fair point. I honestly don’t know the exact details that would make the best solution, but it seems like we should be seeking to regulate this kind of “platform work” to specifically target the problems that it has, rather than sweeping it all under the broad brush of “freelance vs employee.”
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