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Re: Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?

Subject: Re: Independent contractors and freelancers are employees in California?
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 18:27:52 -0700

This change is for app-based employment that includes rideshare, Amazon deliveries, and food deliveries.

As noted in this discussion, IRS contractors are not affected. The change responds to loose interpretations of freedom to choose work hours, pay, locations, means, and methods. App-based employment has rules for vehicles, it controls the choice of clients, and it essentially has quotas through rating systems for rideshare and time to complete work for Amazon and food deliveries. The Amazon app will penalize drivers who do not complete their deliveries in the time allotted, even if completing those deliveries in that time would result in reckless driving. There is no compensation for return trips after driving a person or making a delivery that is far away. No app-based employment allows an employee to negotiate pay.

IT contractors are not mistreated as bad as app-based employees.

On 9/12/2019 1:15 PM, Michael Wyland wrote:

"Passed by the California Senate this week, the bill would extend labor protections and employee benefits like health care, overtime and minimum wage to many workers formerly considered contractors. The measure is expected to be signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom and go into effect Jan. 1.

"Starting then, associations that use freelancers in California may need to reclassify these workers as full-time employees entitled to employee benefits. This would apply not just to associations headquartered in California but any U.S. association that employs contractors in California."

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