The State of California is a clear majority 29 – 11 passed Legislation Bill A35 that will have a profound effect on the workplace and the financial viability of some major “gig” economy corporations in the USA and Canada.
After the law takes effect in 2020, the Bill would make hundreds of thousands of independent contractors, including Uber and Lyft drivers; Uber Eats, couriers; taxi drivers; translators; medical professionals; franchise owners and more, employees of the companies.
One of the key factors behind this Legislation was the lack of protections for Gig workers, including the absence of any safety responsibilities for the companies in question. Read below for some third-party thoughts:
The article is called – “The Invisible Workplace Accident Rate” and can be found on this website; www.equaltimes.org
- “Today’s greatest workplace risk isn’t falling down…. but increasing pressure, precarious contracts and working hours which bit by bit continues to feed the invisible accident rate that does not appear in the news”…………..
- “There is a close correlation between excessive working hours and accidents at work…..36% of the worlds employees work too much (more than 48 hours a week) and all this overtime puts them at risk”….
“Job insecurity is linked to poor mental health outcomes with higher rates of depression, anxiety and despondency”………..
Today’s Trivia: Do you follow politics? Did you know Donald Trump the President of the United States has, according to the New York Times, told 10,000 lies and counting since he was elected!!! We have an election happening in Canada – let’s keep our eyes and ears open for the real stories……..
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