Biden Axes Trump Gig-Worker Rule, Favoring ‘Employee’ Model
May 5th, 2021 by
DanTBrink
Good riddance to bad policy! Misclassification is one of the most common tactics bosses use to suppress workers, deny them basic benefits, and prevent them from forming a union.
Biden Axes Trump Gig-Worker Rule, Favoring ‘Employee’ Model
May 5, 2021, 8:48 AM; Updated: May 5, 2021, 4:27 PM
The Biden administration canceled a signature Trump-era rule that would’ve eased businesses’ ability to legally consider workers as independent contractors, a rollback the U.S. Labor Department said was necessary to broadly extend wage protections while cracking down on employer abuses.