Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees / If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job::If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it’ll be classified as a job

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I’m not sure how tech bros actually tricked everyone into working without employment. It’s good to hear that may be changing soon.

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      1 year ago

      When you are unemployed for a few months, have rent, other bills to pay, and a family to feed, you accept any work that provides an income.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, and that work should come with all the benefits of employment that workers have fought for through the generations.

    • reddit_sux@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Tech bros did shit, these r the MBAs and bankers who find new ways to exploit the common man. Tech bros gave a new platform to them.