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In SF, strippers were upset about working conditions, sued, and laws were changed so that strippers are now considered employees, not independent contractors. This backfired horribly, with strip clubs cutting pay to make up for losses, and hundreds of strippers quitting. (Cont)

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Bharath 绕 بھرت ಭರತ್ राव

@bharathrao

Sep 29, 2019

Certain businesses have high variability of productivity between individuals, during different seasons, day of week, etc. (incl. Uber drivers). These are best organized as Individual contractors. Reorganizing as employees simply would add inefficiency and failure.

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Bharath 绕 بھرت ಭರತ್ राव

@bharathrao

Sep 30, 2019

You seem to be suggesting that independent contractors have no rights. In fact, they have a lower tax burden (21% v 35%), can write off a variety of expenses that employees cannot, etc. Many professionals try to stay as ind. contractors where possible.

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

I often think most of those protections are net negative; for example, having health care tied up with employment seems weird, with bad long term effects overall.

12:22 PM · Sep 30, 2019

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