The Biden Labor Department's proposal is a government-backed mugging
- The Labor Department would be free to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- It will determine in every case that the worker must be a hired employee, no longer free to continue his or her job under the act
- This proposal would violate cooperative agreements made between gig workers and the businesses they perform work for
- Under the Biden plan, the rights of workers to be free agents in the labor market and of companies and organizations to set up the operational models that best fit them would be snuffed out
About a third of U.S. workers are in the gig economy
- within five years, the number is expected to grow to 86.5 million
- 70,000 truckers are still waiting for clarification on their status in California
- Imagine an entire nation of independent truckers barred from their work.
Bottom Line
- It is impossible to overstate how vicious and cold-hearted the proposed federal rule is. Everyone involved should be ashamed and publicly apologize for even considering a policy that will harm so many.
- But then we're dealing with a class of bandits that has no conscience, no principles outside of consolidating their political power
https://issuesinsights.com/2022/10/13/the-livelihood-thieves-of-washington-d-c/
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