{"id":2321795,"date":"2024-08-09T08:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/committee-fights-to-stop-government-control-over-70m-gig-workers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-09T08:16:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T12:16:21","slug":"committee-fights-to-stop-government-control-over-70m-gig-workers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/committee-fights-to-stop-government-control-over-70m-gig-workers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee fights to stop \u2018government control\u2019 over 70M gig workers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcommittee-fights-to-stop-government-control-over-70m-gig-workers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2321795&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A congressional committee, \u200cled by U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx, is actively seeking to maintain the \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-labor-secretary-grins-for-trucker-photo-op-while-pushing-nominee-opposed-by-truckers\/\" title=\"Biden Labor Secretary Grins for Trucker Photo-Op While Pushing Nominee Opposed by Truckers\">independent contractor model<\/a> for gig workers in the U.S. Foxx has accused interim Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su of obstructing the committee&#8217;s investigation by failing to provide \u2064requested data related to the administration&#8217;s efforts to classify gig workers as employees rather than \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/labor-nominee-dismisses-job-losses-from-bidens-economic-plan\/\" title=\"Labor Nominee Dismisses Job Losses from Biden\u2019s Economic Plan\">independent contractors<\/a>. This change, according to Foxx, would increase government\u200c control over workers.<\/p>\n<p>In her\u200d communication, Foxx highlighted a new law that outlines six criteria that determine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-cuomos-5-worst-moves-as-new-yorks-governor\/\" title=\"Andrew Cuomo\u2019s 5 Worst Moves As New York\u2019s Governor\">legal protections<\/a> and compensation for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-dem-reverses-course-on-big-labor-bill-after-union-pressure-campaign\/\" title=\"Oregon Dem Reverses Course on Big Labor Bill After Union Pressure Campaign\">independent workers<\/a>, which aims to assess the nature of\u200c work \u200drelationships, control \u2063exerted by employers, and the potential for profit\u200c or loss by workers. \u2062Foxx has given Su two weeks to comply with the information request, emphasizing the importance of the data for the committee&#8217;s oversight regarding the Department of Labor&#8217;s final rule affecting independent contractors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Committee fights to stop &lsquo;government control&rsquo; over 70M gig workers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1726559\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; Retainment of the independent contractor model in the American workforce is being sought by a congressional committee and could lead to subpoena of a Biden administration leader, a North Carolina congresswoman says.<\/p>\n<p>Writing to interim Department of Labor Secretary Julie Su, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx said her failure to provide responses and data to the Committee on Education &amp; the Workforce is an obstruction to its lawful oversight. Foxx&rsquo;s letter on Thursday says her panel is &ldquo;continuing to seek information about the administration&rsquo;s efforts to eliminate the independent contractor model and classify as many workers as employees as possible in order to increase government control over workers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Su has two weeks &ndash; Aug. 22 &ndash; to fulfill the request. Foxx is chairwoman of the committee in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Six criteria, none weighted more than the other, determine independent workers&rsquo; legal protections and compensation under the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/national\/article_a20f72a6-af31-11ee-acb7-93b6c154878e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>new law enacted March 11<\/strong><\/a>. The previous rule prioritized the company&rsquo;s control of the worker and the &ldquo;entrepreneurial opportunity&rdquo; the work provides.<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dol.gov\/agencies\/whd\/flsa\/misclassification\/rulemaking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>half dozen considerations<\/strong><\/a>, according to a release, are any opportunity for profit or loss a worker might have; the financial stake and nature of any resources a worker has invested in the work; the degree of permanence of the work relationship; the degree of control an employer has over the person&rsquo;s work; whether the work the person does is essential to the employer&rsquo;s business; and a factor regarding the worker&rsquo;s skill and initiative.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Foxx,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/08.08.24_dol_misclassification_data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>in the letter<\/strong><\/a>, said Su&rsquo;s responses to May 17 questions from the committee &ldquo;provided none of the requested data.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Your failure to provide the requested information has obstructed the committee&rsquo;s oversight activities,&rdquo; Foxx wrote. &ldquo;This information is important because the committee is reviewing DOL&rsquo;s final independent contractor rule and determining whether and how to legislate this matter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The committee wants to see instances, going as far back as President Joe Biden&rsquo;s inauguration, of misclassification, misclassification enforcement investigations by the industry sector, and whether any misclassification probes by the industry sector have been conducted in coordination with the National Labor Relations Board and the Federal Trade Commission.<\/p>\n<p>There are an estimated 70 million who provide for themselves and their families as independent contractors, a release says.<\/p>\n<p>Su&rsquo;s department was previously&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/north_carolina\/article_073cc22a-894c-11ee-b4ec-3f864e956c41.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>scorched for a rule for farm workers in the H-2A program<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;that nearly two dozen attorneys general said provided &ldquo;unionization protections&rdquo; and placed &ldquo;the interests of foreign nationals over the interests of United States citizens.&rdquo; Congressmen in agriculture-strong states, including North Carolina&rsquo;s David Rouzer, responded with a letter to Su.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, in a letter to Su, accused the Labor Department under Su&rsquo;s leadership of trying &ldquo;to sidestep Congress,&rdquo; which enacted the 1935 National Labor Relations Act.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1726559\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1726559\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A congressional committee is working to preserve the independent contractor model for the 70 million gig workers in the U.S., and it may issue a subpoena to a leader in the Biden administration, according to North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx. In her letter to interim Labor Secretary Julie Su, Foxx accused her of obstructing lawful oversight by failing to provide requested information and data to the Committee on Education &amp; Workforce. Foxx stated that her committee is investigating efforts by the administration to eliminate independent contractor status and classify more workers as employees, which would increase government control over them. Su has until August 22 to respond. As chair of the committee, Foxx noted that new criteria established on March 11 determine legal protections and compensation for independent workers without prioritizing any single factor. These criteria include aspects such as profit potential, financial investment in work, permanence of employment relationships, employer control over work processes, essentiality of tasks for business operations, and worker skill levels. In her letter, Foxx expressed frustration that Su&#8217;s responses from May 17 did not include any requested data necessary for reviewing DOL\u2019s final rule on independent contractors or informing potential legislation on this issue. The committee seeks historical instances of misclassification since President Biden took office and details about enforcement investigations related to misclassification within various industry sectors. There are approximately 70 million individuals who support themselves as independent contractors in America. Additionally, Su&#8217;s department faced criticism regarding a rule affecting farmworkers under the H-2A program that was said to prioritize foreign nationals&#8217; interests over those of U.S citizens; this prompted letters from congressmen representing agricultural states like North Carolina\u2019s David Rouzer and accusations from Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach about circumventing Congress&#8217;s authority established by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2321796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/uber-lyft-california-supreme-court.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4384,37653,32312,37654],"class_list":["post-2321795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-committee","tag-gig-workers","tag-government-control","tag-labor-rights"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/uber-lyft-california-supreme-court.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2321796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}