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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by Bukhmanizer on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:34PM (#26985586)
I agree that we are dealing with a new paradigm and should treat it that way.

But I don’t think your examples are relevant. The customer should be able to request as much as they want on the gig worker, as long as there is no middle man employer forcing the worker to agree to subpar conditions.

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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by ska on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:54PM (#26986568)
> I agree that we are dealing with a new paradigm and should treat it that way.

I don't think it's that clear - it's more like people are still arguing about a) is it really a new paradigm and b) if so, is it on net enough benefit to be worth doing.

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