More On The Mass. Freelancer Law

It was enacted to protect workers in fields like construction, where companies would hire “independent contractors” who would put in 40-hour weeks, with no worker’s comp benefits or health insurance.

The law has ended up hurting a fair number of editorial and creative workers, though, as companies afraid of being fined are dumping their Mass.-based freelancers en masse.

Well, the law is still around and companies are still freaking out, though the Mass.