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		mike00632 on July 12, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Uber leak exposes the global war on workers We have some good employment laws that Uber is skirting by classifying their employees as "independent contractors".

s1artibartfast on July 12, 2022 [–]

As someone who always wanted to be an independent contractor but can't, I especially don't like those laws.

I think the most charitable interpretation of them is legal duct tape over other bad laws. The most obvious examples are tax laws and incentives that tie Healthcare to employers.

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