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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by justapassenger on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:57PM (#26986606)
No one said it's an easy business. Your arguments are basically "if they don't get control over that, then it's hurting the business".

If you need to either be at the edge of the law and discriminate or be the edge of the law and misclassify employees as contractors, to make your business work, then maybe your business model is flawed.

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Re:U.S. Labor Secretary throws support behind classifying gi... by andrei_says_ on Friday April 30, 2021 @01:21AM (#26990050)
If by flawed you mean designed to maximize exploitation by staying on the outer edge of the law, in bad faith, then yes it’s flawed.
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