America's workers are under siege on many fronts; they need the protection of our labor laws more than ever, but the Trump admin is pushing through an 11th hour rule that will make things worse not better. I urged them to stop. ftc.gov/public-stateme…
Some more detail on the rule can be found in this @EricLiptonNYT story: nytimes.com/2020/10/16/us/…
My objections to the Rule and the deficiencies of the record are in my comment, but the tl;dr version is that the rule is not only bad for labor, it's also bad for competition; it's built on a record that doesn't adequately consider those issue; and it should go. Specifically:
Among the challenges facing workers today is the practice of companies classifying them as "independent contractors" and depriving them of many protections of our labor laws. The rule the Trump admin is considering will make it even easier for companies to do that.
Misclassification is a problem frequently discussed in terms of the “gig economy,” but in fact there is similar workplace fissuring in home care, janitorial work, trucking, construction, hospitality, and restaurants, to name a few.
The industries where fissuring is happening disproportionately employ people of color, so the harm of misclassification falls disproprotionately on them. s27147.pcdn.co/wp-content/upl…
Misclassification deprives employees of labor law protections, including minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor laws. This makes it harder for workers to compete, and it provides unfair competitive advantage to misclassifying firms.
Misclassification is bad for labor and bad for competition. The Proposed Rule would exacerbate these problems.
I'm not alone in my objections - Senator @PattyMurray led a letter with many of her colleagues: int.nyt.com/data/documentt…
And many workers representatives oppose the rule, as do 24 state attorneys general, among many others.
https://twitter.com/EricLiptonNYT/status/1321131192704471040?s=20
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