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Originally Posted by taxbuster
Couldn't agree more -- I fought a case on this with couriers some years back and won...got them declared as "employees" and subject to - and beneficiaries of - CPP, EI and the Employment Standards Act of Alberta.
All of these "gig workers" should be no different IMO.
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The unfortunate part is that after fighting it in court most gig workers would probably be deemed to be employees, but they would still have to go fight for it first even with an existing ruling.