As published by Forbes: “Why on earth would I want to layer another person or entity in between my clients and me? If I wanted somebody else telling me what to do and how to do it, or how much he thinks I should earn for my time and skills, I would have stayed in my staff job two decades ago.” … Read more …
Press and Releases
Lawmakers Must Strip the ABC Test from the PRO Act
As published by Business Insider, “We don’t need new laws that help some, but also legislate hundreds of thousands of successful careers out of existence. LeRoy agreed the ABC test is a blunt tool that ‘oversimplifies’ the labor force and would need ‘significant refinements’ and exemptions if kept in place. A potential solution could be a multi-factor balancing framework to determine who’s an employee, one like the IRS uses.” … Read more …
An Open Letter to Senators Kelly, King, Manchin, Sinema and Warner
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA sent this open letter to Senators Mark Kelly, Angus King, Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Warner. “Thank you for being reasonable, moderate voices in the U.S. Senate. We need more lawmakers like you who understand that freedom of choice applies to working styles as much as to anything else. We value your support and recognize that as long as you withhold co-sponsorship of the PRO Act, you are standing up in support of Americans like us.”
PRO Act and ABC Test
As published by Forbes: “Experts in tax law as well as labor law attorneys representing both employers and employees have all told me that the legislation will potentially clash with existing laws in many ways. Untangling that could require years of court cases, potentially endanger the ability of many long-established independent contractors to continue their businesses, and even possibly hurt many people supporters claim it will help.” … Read more …
Why the ABC Test is Destructive Policy
As published by the Richmond Times-Dispatch: “If the PRO Act is passed as written, the phrase ‘the usual course of business’ might go down in the history of business as the phrase that tanked America.” … Read more …
Fight For Freelancers USA Public Comment: New USDOL Rule for Independent Contractors Should Be Put into Effect
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA submitted this public comment asking the Biden Administration to allow the new U.S. Labor Department Independent Contractor Rule to take effect. This rule should be implemented immediately to protect the majority of America’s independent contractors, who repeatedly say they want to remain independent contractors.
For all their good intentions, the ultimate kryptonite of the PRO Act and AB5 lies in something called the ABC test
As reported by YES! Solutions Journalism: “Protecting employee rights is ethical, righteous and humane. However, shielding full-time employees should not compromise the livelihood of the 57 million Americans who earn income through other lawful means.” … Read more …
The PRO Act’s Attack on Independent Contracting
As published by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: “The reality is that the PRO Act would apply California’s ABC test to the NLRA in all 50 states (and without the numerous exemptions that the California legislature later had to enact to mitigate AB 5’s ill effects). That alone is a dramatic change and it would be the first time the federal government has adopted this restrictive ABC test. It also is quite likely that once this ABC test is established under one law, it will be the pretext for it to spread into other areas, and we have already seen the Department of Labor engage in rulemaking on independent contracting.” … Read more …
“I’m a freelancer who could lose out on income, flexibility, and being the primary caregiver to my child if the PRO Act passes”
As reported by Business Insider: “If the PRO Act passes in the Senate without any changes to its language and the ABC test becomes the standard used to classify employees, the fallout for my career and family could be considerable. I know because I’ve already once had to make major life changes due to the ABC test.” … Read more…
“I backed Biden and the Democrats. But their pro-union bill could kill my career”
As reported by NBC Think: “Don’t enact sweeping legislation that squashes the vast majority of independent contractors and call it part of your plan ‘to create an economy where everyone can succeed.’ It’s a great slogan, and it plays well on a Twitter video, but it’s hypocrisy as long as the ABC test is part of your plan to do it.” … Read more …
