Most Gig Workers Won’t Be Seen as Employees, Trump Lawyers Say

The Trump administration is limiting legal protections for many gig workers, the top prosecutors at the Labor Department and National Labor Relations Board told Bloomberg Law June 13.

A pair of recent agency memos sketch out the administration’s approach to the hotly contested question whether Uber drivers, Postmates food deliverers, and other gig workers are employees or independent contractors, Labor Solicitor Kate O’Scannlain and NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb said in separate interviews. The missives are tailored to specific factual circumstances, but they show that the agencies are likely to find that many gig workers are contractors.

“Although it is ...