Even a gig worker would get a 1099 unless the contractor was cooking the books? I’ve also wondered how many uber drivers have a policy that covers commercial passenger operations. It’s safe to say many will have the minimum coverage that frankly is not much. It is messy for sure. If anyone has insight on this please share it.
1099s for gig workers can happen, but not all the time. Most will treat them as “casual labor” and skip the 1099.
This was SOP during the red hot housing boom. Millions of workers being paid cash, no 1099 and no tracks. They never showed up as “employed” and now do not show up as “unemployed” but you can tell that consumer spending is way down due to less money in these folks’ pockets.