GigMistress said: I seem to be in the minority here, but as a longtime (30 year) freelancer, I HATE this ordinance and similar "protections." One of the most common complaints I hear from freelancers is that clients don't respect them, don't treat them as peers, view them as employees, etc. There's nothing that undermines the idea of a freelancer as an independent business person just like the client like a law that says we need to be protected from the big bad clients because we're just helpless little worker bees.



I'm a professional running a business, and I interact with my clients as fellow business owners and am perfectly capable of negotiating, enforcing contracts, etc. on my own. The last thing I want is some "helpful" governmental entity casting me in the role of prey that needs to be protected. Click to expand...

Thank you! We may be in the minority, but I feel the same. I didn't go into freelancing to have guarantees. If I was seeking protection in my employment, I would go get a full time job somewhere. This is a business, we are business people, not employees. We do this for the freedom, not the security. That's the great part. The hard part is that you have to learn to negotiate, get paid, and make sure your clients stick to a contract. That's hard, but as a freelancer it's now part of your job. If you can't handle not having a regular paycheck, a 401K, and health insurance provided by someone else, then go get a full time job.If you can't get paid, that's on you. A client stiffs you? That's on you. Scope got out of control? That's all you. Grow up, it's called running a business.This is partially how the AB5 bill in California came about. Some legislator thought gig workers and freelancers needed "protection" from the big bad companies. The more we start legislating freelance work, or trying to unionize, the more we are going to erase the opportunity of being our own boss.