Newsmakers meet New Yorkers as host Brian Lehrer and his guests take on the issues dominating conversation in New York and around the world. This daily program from WNYC Studios cuts through the usual talk radio punditry and brings a smart, humane approach to the day's events and what matters most in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other leading podcasts including Radiolab, On the Media, Death, Sex & Money, Nancy, and many others.
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Protections for the Gig Economy
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 ofThe 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, 2016No one I know working #freelance has $$$$$$$ sitting around to cover sick days, vacation days or late payment @BrianLehrer
— Caitlin Kelly (@CaitlinKellyNYC) October 31, 2016