Unprotected: Freelancing in Portland Lacks Safeguards From Workplace Discrimination

The article, “Unprotected: Freelancing in Portland Lacks Safeguards From Workplace Discrimination,” featured in Willamette Week on March 2, 2016, discussed how freelancers and contract workers who make up as much as a third of American workforce don't get the same protections as employees.

"Here's the rub: Technically, the employment laws only cover employees," said Clarence, noting that in a case like Luu's, freelancers can be considered employees and protected by employment law "if the majority of what they sell is from one company."

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