These gig companies want the power that comes w/ being an employer while disowning the responsibilities enacted over the past century by fed & state lawmakers. Portable benefits are a new strategy to cement a business model built on worker misclassification & tax avoidance.

A DoorDash program offers drivers a tiny subsidy of 4% of earnings (which means $80 on $2k earnings). While gig companies promote such a program as a policy innovation, in reality it is (a) an inferior contribution for workers & (b) a public giveaway for corporations.