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 …
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We are America’s independent contractors, and we are terrified
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…
Non-Partisan Study Shows Overwhelming Majority of Gig Workers “See Themselves as Independent Contractors”
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…
These journalism grads chose freelance over full-time work. Here’s why.
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…
PRO Act Eliminates Essential Freedoms for Independent Advisors and Main Street Investors
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…
Report: 59 million Americans are freelancing amid turbulent labor market
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…
ATRI: Reclassification Would Decrease Owner-Operator Job Satisfaction, Income
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…
Workers Quit Jobs in Droves to Become Their Own Bosses
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…
Greater Flexibility & Improved Mental Wellbeing Top Drivers Behind Great Resignation Trend According to First Annual GrowTal “The State of Freelancing” Report
As reported by Yahoo! Finance: “Over three in five (62%) agree that freelance was a personal decision, and the government shouldn’t classify them as an employee.” … Read more…
Tech Freelancers Help Companies Plug Talent Gaps
As reported in The Wall Street Journal: “Tech freelancers see a lucrative seller’s market for their skills, said Thomas Vick, a regional director at the technology divisions of staffing firm Robert Half International Inc. “They can actually make more money working on projects as a contractor than what they would as a full-time employee.” … Read more …
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