The New York City Council has passed a first-of-its-kind bill in the United States intended to ensure companies promptly pay freelancers and other independent contractors for their work.
The Freelance Isn’t Free Act, Int.1017-2015, which passed unanimously, tackles the problem of unpaid fees that worker advocacy groups such as the Freelancers Union, which helped get the bill passed, see as a major issue troubling independent contractors and others in the so-called “gig economy.”
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