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Congress must block new labor rule that threatens entrepreneurship, innovation
Freelancers like me are small business owners and entrepreneurs who contribute to the economy and culture of innovation. We need policies that support our independence, not bureaucratic meddling under the guise of protection.
Arizona senators need to protect the state’s gig workers
President Biden's Labor Secretary nominee Julie Su presided over the Administration’s proposed new worker classification rule last fall, which could force independent contractors and gig workers to reclassify as full-time W-2 employees. While intended to help contract workers access benefits and union protection, forced reclassification would wreak havoc across the economy and disrupt vital sour[...]
Pro Act threatens small business recovery
The PRO Act currently has 47 cosponsors in the United States Senate. Arizonans should be proud that Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly are not among those 47.
Don’t California my Arizona livelihood
The PRO Act is a solution in search of a problem. Independent workers and freelancers are not asking to be full-time employees. When they were reclassified as such in California, they overwhelmingly voted to opt out and create a third way that preserved their independence and flexibility. Let’s heed their example and don’t “California'' the rest of the nation.
PRO Act’s ABC test earns F for independent contractors
Arizona’s Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Sen. Mark Kelly will be lauded as heroes if they can persuade their colleagues to change the ABC Test to the IRS Test. Failing that, voting no would be the only way to prevent potential disaster for independent contractors in Arizona and across the country.
