Martin O'Malley Wants a Safety Net That Covers Uber Drivers
The Democratic presidential contender is mulling ways to provide benefits for gig economy workers.
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Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley is formulating proposals to extend decades-old employee benefits to the the sharing economy.
In an interview with Bloomberg, O'Malley said he worries that people who are taking advantage of the digitally-enabled gigging economy to work for organizations such as the car-hailing service Uber are being left out when it comes to benefits. As evidence, he cited a story about a congressman who bragged about the economy's more than five years of creating more jobs, month over month. "Yeah, tell me about it," a woman in the congressman's home district audience snapped back. "I've got three of them!"