President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Labor, Julie Su, testified during a House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing recently. As an opponent of small businesses, freelancers, and franchisers, Su has demonstrated a bias against the nation’s entrepreneurs.
The reclassification of these workers would be devastating for individuals who prefer their independent status. During the hearing, Rep. Erin Houchin of being an independent contractor as a mother. If in place, the proposed rule would have effectively pushed her out of the workforce. Su flatly refused to change course on the department’s proposed rule or to support the more freelancer-friendly Trump-era regulation.
Restrictive legislation in California during her tenure as secretary for the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, known as
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