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Bobby Scott: “The ABC test would destroy many of these independent jobs and kill the flexibility and the autonomy for many of the rest…”

On the recordMarch 15, 2021
The ABC test would destroy many of these independent jobs and kill the flexibility and the autonomy for many of the rest of those jobs, in addition to hiking consumer prices, despite the fact that more than nine out of ten independent contractors say they actually like and prefer their status.
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Bobby Scott
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Scott expresses concern that the ABC test harms independent contractors' jobs and preferences.

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