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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle a key, undiscussed problem with influencer marketing. In three states in the United States (California, Washington, and Pennsylvania), companies are prohibited from discriminating against contractors with the same level of protections as employees. When companies choose influencers, how rigorously are they screening against bias and discriminatory practices? Listen to the full episode to learn some different perspectives on influencer selection.
Disclaimer: Neither Katie or Chris are lawyers and this podcast episode is not legal advice. Contact a qualified attorney for legal advice before making any decisions that may expose your company to risk.
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What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode.
Christopher Penn
Do we need to be thinking about in our in the software we build for it for identifying influencers? Do we need to be thinking about bias, do anything about gender bias, race, spies, etc, things like that? Because there is the very real possibility that will end up with a whole bunch of people who are so this homogenous cluster, we did some research and found that within the United States, at least three of the 50 states require companies to apply the same laws for non discrimination for contractors, as they do for employees, the other 47 states and at the federal level, do not. So Katie, from your perspective, as a business owner, who has to be compliant with the law, what are the best practices for influences? They don’t work for you? They are independen
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In this episode of In-Ear Insights, Katie and Chris tackle a key, undiscussed problem with influencer marketing. In three states in the United States (California, Washington, and Pennsylvania), companies are prohibited from discriminating against contractors with the same level of protections as employees. When companies choose influencers, how rigorously are they screening against bias and discriminatory practices? Listen to the full episode to learn some different perspectives on influencer selection.
Disclaimer: Neither Katie or Chris are lawyers and this podcast episode is not legal advice. Contact a qualified attorney for legal advice before making any decisions that may expose your company to risk.
Listen to the audio here:
Download the MP3 audio here.
What follows is an AI-generated transcript. The transcript may contain errors and is not a substitute for listening to the episode.
Christopher Penn
Do we need to be thinking about in our in the software we build for it for identifying influencers? Do we need to be thinking about bias, do anything about gender bias, race, spies, etc, things like that? Because there is the very real possibility that will end up with a whole bunch of people who are so this homogenous cluster, we did some research and found that within the United States, at least three of the 50 states require companies to apply the same laws for non discrimination for contractors, as they do for employees, the other 47 states and at the federal level, do not. So Katie, from your perspective, as a business owner, who has to be compliant with the law, what are the best practices for influences? They don’t work for you? They are independen

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