With the dramatic expansion of the gig economy in the United States, there has been a corresponding debate about how to protect gig workers. While federal legislation has been proposed that would make big, sweeping changes to American labor laws, it is by no means the only way to guarantee protections to workers.
In this explainer, Third Way looks at other approaches—both here and abroad—that have either been proposed or enacted in order to provide more protections to the gig workforce while maintaining flexibility and independence.
Read the paper here.
