Protections for the Gig Economy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Oct 31, 2016

The City Council just passed the Freelance Isn't Free Act to protect freelancers from wage theft. Brad Lander, city councilman from Brooklyn, and Sara Horowitz, founder and executive director of Freelancers Union and the co-author of The Freelancer's Bible: Everything You Need to Know to Have the Career of Your Dreams - On Your Terms (Workman Publishing Company, 2012), talk about how the law would work and what it will mean for employers and workers in the gig economy.

@BrianLehrer I have a client always late with payments and all I can do is keep asking and re-sending past-due invoices.
— Luke Ratray (@LukeRatrayPhoto) October 31, 2016

No one I know working #freelance has $$$$$$$ sitting around to cover sick days, vacation days or late payment @BrianLehrer
— Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) October 31, 2016

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