Victory for Self-Employment in Michigan
New Jobs America worked with a coalition of 43 large Michigan employer groups to score a crucial victory for self-employment. A dangerous...
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Crushing Penalties Proposed for Using an Independent Contractor in Michigan
Two Proposed Bills, HB 4390 and HB 4391, Would Terrify All Buyers of Independent Contractors Imagine you run a start-up or any small...
Michigan's Largest Employer Groups Oppose Legislature's Threat to Self-Employment
Two Bills Impose Heavy Penalties on Every Buyer of Independent Services Late in October 2023, Michigan's Career Freedom Coalition issued...
The Four-Year Battle for Self-Employment
On September 14, 2019, the WSJ Turned California's AB5 and the ABC Test into a National Struggle It started small, like so many...
No Symphonies, No Software, No Service
This June, Rhode Island made it a felony to use the services of a self-employed individual. As of January 1, 2024, buying from Rhode...
Cute Little State Dishes Up Big Ugly Problem for Self-Employers
Little Rhode Island, the nostalgic oceanside home of 1.1 million Americans, just muscled into the front lines of job-killing legislation....
LA Turns Its Independent "Haul Truckers" Into Road Kill
The LA City Council decided in early June to end its use of 93 independent contractors to carry hot asphalt and road grindings for its...
"Flatten Da' Freelancers!"
After the PROact failed in Congress for the third time, a new union campaign emerged to enact the PROact piecemeal. Two California bills...
Julie Su, DOL, and the Death of Dreams
Dreams of better work rarely get public attention. True to form, the Senate hearing April 20th (1) on Julie Su’s nomination as Secretary...
What Will Happen to 60-Million Self-Employers?
The President is threatening to force solo and small business owners to be someone else's employees. So thoughtful--what will happen to...
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