Clippings
California's Disastrous Anti-Indepedent Contractor Law, AB5
February 10, 2020
On November 18, 2019, California's Liberal-Dominated Legislature Passed the nation's most anti-independent contractor state law to date. Read the text of this law to see how restrictive this law is, and see why it has put so many individuals out of work.
On September 14 the Wall Street Journal published New Jobs' Letter to the Editor. NJFM's President Mike Hruby responded to the WSJ's War on Gigs editorial, pointing out that Mass law is the prototype for this harmful California law.
The Wall Street Journal published a scathing editorial condemning California's legislative effort to ban "gig work," which is simply voluntary self-employment contracted online. Click to see the WSJ editorial.
In Massachusetts, higher taxes are always on the table. The Boston Globe featured a Yes/No debate on local option sales taxes and asked New Jobs' President Mike Hruby for the "No!" position. Click to read the article.
Feeling Under-Employed? You have company! The Boston Business Journal reports on a new study that measured 575,000 college-educated workers in Massachusetts that have jobs beneath college level.
November 3, 2016
WSJ: Think-tank author Michael Saltsman points out that state ballot initiatives raising the minimum wage hurt the very people they are intended to help.
May 24, 2016
The Globe profiled the difficulties teens are having this summer in finding summer jobs.
April 22, 2016
WSJ: In a closely watched lawsuit affecting the gig economy, 385,000 drivers for Uber in California and Massachusetts have tentatively agreed to a settlement with Uber. While payments will vary with service, the average payment comes to....
April 7, 2016
Alex Chriss told Parade magazine that on-demand workers are 34 percent of today workforce, and will be 40 percent by 2020. In 1989, on-demand work amounted to only....
