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Why millions of freelancers fear that Biden will put them out of work
With 59 million Americans freelancing, the future of freelance work is a key concern for these workers as the presidential election approaches.
Biden has expressed support for the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act on his campaign website.
The PRO Act would use the same three-pronged ABC test as California’s AB-5 law to decide who is a freelancer nationwide.
AB-5 classifies contractors as employees and makes it hard for freelancers to work for businesses in their industry.
Some freelancers are so fearful of what would happen if the PRO Act were enacted with the ABC test that this is affecting their choice of candidates. “My vote is 100% on this issue because we are talking about 100% of my income,” says Kim Kavin, a freelancer writer from Long Valley, New Jersey. She co-founded a Facebook group called Fight for Freelancers NJ to oppose a law similar to AB-5 that was proposed in New Jersey but did not make it to a vote. “Especially in the current economic situation we face, I want to keep earning a living.
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