As New York lawmakers prepare legislation to regulate the state’s gig economy, one app company has pitched reclassifying workers who put in at least 25 hours a week as full-time employees
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Workers for on-demand companies, such as drivers for the ride-hailing app Uber Technologies Inc., are often classified as independent contractors and as a result don’t have the same benefits, and wage and hour protection as full-time workers.
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