NAIC to Examine Worker Classification in Gig Economy

How workers’ comp systems approach the regulation of independent contractors — and the impact of the gig economy on worker classification — are topics that a National Association of Insurance Commissioners working group is planning to tackle in coming months. The working group, a collaboration between NAIC and the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, will update a 2009 report from NAIC on worker classification. And while much of the earlier report remains relevant, it doesn’t address gig-economy workers such as drivers for Uber o...