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Providing independent contractors access to labor protections and benefits would help businesses comply with labor laws and spread costs more evenly.
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By Angie Kim
Amanda Briggs, Special to CalMatters
Amanda Briggs is a research associate at Urban Institute, media@urban.org.
Independent contractors are excluded from traditional employment benefits such as unemployment insurance, minimum wage standards, workers compensation and protection from discrimination and harassment.
The lack of protections is particularly acute among arts workers in California where 35% are self-employed. This lack of protections includes business owners, sole proprietors, independent contractors and gig workers. If independent workers had access to additional social insurance programs, worker protections and other employer-conferred protections during the COVID-19 pandemic, more people experiencing unemployment would’ve had a safety net, and our economy