Biden want to destroy the Gig economy

 Rick Moran:

The Biden administration wants to destroy the idea of “independent contractors” in most industries by approving a rule that would severely restrict “freelance” classifications, thus forcing previously independent workers to reclassify as “employees” and be subject to withholding, social security, workers’ compensation, and overtime restrictions.

A law with many of the same restrictions was passed in California in 2020. AB 5 was met with fierce resistance from independent truckers, ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft, and other industries where independent contractors were prevalent.

For employees to be considered “independent contractors” in California, they must meet the “ABC Test” — three specific criteria used to determine an employee’s classification.

Under AB 5, all workers are assumed to be employees, not contractors, unless the employer can affirmatively satisfy the ABC test by proving three things: (A) that the worker is free from the control and direction of the hirer when performing the work, both under the contract for the work and in fact; (B) that the worker performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity’s business; and (C) that the worker is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business of the same nature as that involved in the work performed.

The Biden administration’s new rule — still in its early stages — would “make it more difficult for workers to be classified as independent and thus to force many of them to be reclassified as employees, whether they like it or not,” according to Scott Lincicome, director of General Economics and Trade at the Cato Institute.

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I suspect this is a pander to the union thugs who want to organize these people and collect dues from them.