Today, the leaders of Fight For Freelancers sent this letter to U.S. Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, requesting a meeting to discuss the nomination of David Weil as wage and hour administrator at the U.S. Department of Labor, and to discuss continued efforts to limit the choice of self-employment with the ABC Test. Read the letter…
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA led a nationwide coalition representing more than 250,000 independent contractors in filing an amicus brief before the National Labor Relations Board, in defense of the right to choose self-employment. Read our press release here or read the amicus brief here.
As published in the Philadelphia Inquirer: “If the Great Resignation and the shift of even more women into self-employment does nothing else, it should be a clarion call to lawmakers, regulators, and thought leaders that it’s time for them to do a Great Rethinking about the need to protect all independent contractor careers.” … Read more …
As published in The Hill: “This entire push is terrifyingly detached from reality. Study after study shows 70 percent to 85 percent of independent contractors are just plain happier this way. Some 60 percent said in the thick of 2020s pandemic problems that no amount of money would get them to take a traditional job.” … Read more…
As published by JD Supra: “The study confirms that an overwhelming percentage of freelancers and other gig workers want legislators and government agencies to take a hands-off approach and leave existing independent contractor laws intact.” … Read more…
As published by Poynter: “Their reasons include creative freedom, flexibility and the belief that freelancing is better for their careers — and their mental health.” … Read more…
As reported by The DI Wire: “Independent contractors in the financial arena are already highly regulated with compensation practices carefully monitored and reported. The PRO Act will neither help advisors nor their clients. Instead, it will only limit options for everyone.” … Read more…
As reported by TechRepublic: “There is ‘a very wide range of activities that count as freelancing,’ compared with traditional employment, according to Upwork. ‘Freelance work can vary from selling goods online a few times a year to delivering groceries a few times a month to working as a full-time programmer or accountant.'” … Read more…
As reported by HDT Heavy Duty Trucking: “The majority of owner-operators expect that they would experience significant decreases in their job satisfaction (73%) and annual income (68%) if they were reclassified to a company driver.” … Read more…
As reported in The Wall Street Journal: “The number of unincorporated self-employed workers has risen by 500,000 since the start of the pandemic, Labor Department data show, to 9.44 million. That is the highest total since the financial-crisis year 2008, except for this summer. The total amounts to an increase of 6% in the self-employed.” … Read more…
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