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Then what's the difference between a gig worker and a contractor? Is it that a gig worker is essentially a self employed/sole proprietor and not represented by some other LLC/Corp? This sort of makes sense but sort of doesn't. What happens when I hire a plumber, is that plumber suddenly my employee? Can Uber drivers now switch between ride hailing apps?

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There's an "ABC" of criteria that needs to be met. In your example, the plumber isn't fulfilling the routine and daily tasks of the business, so he isn't an employee.

However, an Uber driver _is_ fulfilling the routine operations for the ride sharing company, and so is an employee.

The garbage man takes my garbage routinely, do I have to hire him on full time? I'm being absurd, but your criterion of 'fulfilling the routine operations' is not a good test for whether someone should be hired as an employee.

Here's a link that summarises the tests.

https://www.hrdefenseblog.com/2018/05/say-goodbye-to-indepen...

This is very similar to the IR35 tests that operate in the UK, although that legislation is primarily used for determining what tax should be applied.

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