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 …
Press and Releases
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 …
Opposition From Freelancers Saddles PRO Act Efforts
As reported by Law360: “A contingent of freelance writers spooked by the aftermath of California’s worker misclassification rewrite have launched a lobbying blitz against the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, complicating the long-shot labor law overhaul’s path to passage.” … Read more …
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 7
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the seventh video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
Fight For Freelancers “Myths vs. Facts” Video No. 6
Today, Fight For Freelancers USA launched the sixth video in its “Myths vs. Facts” series to educate lawmakers about independent contractor work, and why it must be protected by removing the ABC Test from the federal PRO Act. Read more…
PPP vs. PRO: A textbook case of cognitive dissonance in Washington
As published in The Hill: The truth is that Americans like me need to be saved not by, but from deeply misguided ABC Test legislation. Any lawmaker who agrees with making PPP better for small-business owners now, and who agrees that nonemployer firms like mine are important to the U.S. economy going forward, must also vote no on ABC Test laws like the PRO Act. … Read more …
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