For the majority of workers across New York City, taking a paid sick day seems like a basic right. But for nearly 140,000 gig workers, it simply isn’t an option. For now.
Members of the City Council have proposed a series of bills, the Earned Safe and Sick Time Act, that among other things would entitle independent contractors to five paid sick days a year.
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