https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelance-worker-protection-act-us-lawmakers-propose-freelancer-payment-protection-and-comp/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=freelance-worker-protection-act-us-lawmakers-propose-freelancer-payment-protection-and-comp Empowering the Freelance Economy Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:38:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/freelance-worker-protection-act-us-lawmakers-propose-freelancer-payment-protection-and-comp/#comment-5780 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 14:38:07 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=19355#comment-5780 This is a wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing bill, under the ruse of “protection.” If you look at the language, it’s about adding government control and making it more difficult for us to be independent contractors. It creates confusion for our clients over legality & penalties. It adds risk, since you can be sure that unions will salt companies with fake contractors to entrap them. Finally, take note that it exempts federal, state, and municipal governments from the law, and ask yourself why.

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