- 2,055
Labor Bill Could Turn Many Insurance Producers Into Employees: NAIFA | ThinkAdvisor
The worker classification provision in the bill is similar to California’s AB 5 labor law, which was meant to keep Uber, Lyft and other new, “gig economy” employers from treating workers with little autonomy as independent contractors. Freelancers in other sectors have complained that the law interferes with their ability to operate as freelancers and might force them to take staff jobs, against their will.
The worker classification provision in the bill is similar to California’s AB 5 labor law, which was meant to keep Uber, Lyft and other new, “gig economy” employers from treating workers with little autonomy as independent contractors. Freelancers in other sectors have complained that the law interferes with their ability to operate as freelancers and might force them to take staff jobs, against their will.
