I think the major issue with classifying gig workers as employees is how the company cannot practically deduct the cost of the gig worker's equipment that they bring to the job.
In the USA there is a lot of idle car stock that is leveraged to make something like doordash and uber work, and with this employment change if the workers could also deduct their vehicle costs as part of doing the job, I would foresee a lot less resistance from the industry.
I also don't think the 'employees' are going to get benefits either way, if this passed then their hours would be limited to the benefits threshold time like a lot of other low income jobs do now today, and they would be forced to work for 2 of the gig companies, who now will put strict scheduling on them making it a huge pain the ass.
In the end, nobody will be happy with the outcome and everyone would be worse off, except the government with some more tax revenue, or less because gig companies buying equipment will probably deduct more in total.
In the USA there is a lot of idle car stock that is leveraged to make something like doordash and uber work, and with this employment change if the workers could also deduct their vehicle costs as part of doing the job, I would foresee a lot less resistance from the industry.
I also don't think the 'employees' are going to get benefits either way, if this passed then their hours would be limited to the benefits threshold time like a lot of other low income jobs do now today, and they would be forced to work for 2 of the gig companies, who now will put strict scheduling on them making it a huge pain the ass.
In the end, nobody will be happy with the outcome and everyone would be worse off, except the government with some more tax revenue, or less because gig companies buying equipment will probably deduct more in total.