The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued an open invitation for pitches explaining why it should reconsider industry standards for independent contractors. More specifically, the NLRB has opened itself to explanations as to why the distinctions between gig workers and “employees” should be re-evaluated moving forward.
While the invitation itself isn’t a guarantee the NLRB will change its worker categorizations, it is a sign the agency is considering the possibility of doing so. There is at least the potential, with these briefs, that the NLRB will declare companies like Uber, DoorDash, and Instacart must unilaterally consider their workers as full employees.