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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by PixyMisa on Thursday August 10, 2023 @02:36AM (#37072680)
This has been tried.

It results in eliminating part-time jobs, overloading full-time employees, and increasing unemployment.

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Re:Seattle becomes first in U.S. to protect gig workers from... by tremon on Thursday August 10, 2023 @04:53AM (#37073641)
increasing unemployment

That is irrelevant, because of how it's measured: 1 person working 40 hours/week and 9 people not working gives an unemployment of 90%, but 10 persons working 4 hours/week gives an unemployment of 0% -- but both scenarios have the same amount of work. Of course using part-time jobs reduces the unemployment figures. It says nothing, however, about the availability of work.

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