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US Labor Secretary says gig workers should be classified as employees
On Thursday, US Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh said gig workers should be classified as employees, not independent contractors, a move that could deal a huge setback to gig companies. If forced to reclassify drivers as employees, companies like Uber and Instacart would need to pay for employee benefits such as unemployment insurance and health insurance for millions of Americans.“We are looking at it but in a lot of cases gig workers should be classified as employees,” said Walsh, the first labor secretary with a union background since the 1970s, in an interview with Reuters. “In some cases, they are treated respectfully and in some cases they are not and I think it has to be consistent acr

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