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Cannons and Cockroaches
In 2019, the Murphy administration claimed 10% to 30% of employers misclassified at least one employee. Years later, the number of stop-work orders…
 • Kim Kavin
It Feels Like Plan B to Me
'Tis the season for prognosticating. Here's what could happen next with independent-contractor policy in New Jersey and the nation.
 • Kim Kavin
And There It Is
New Jersey's Labor Department just released the results of its years-long misclassification strategy. Spoiler alert: It did not recoup "billions of…
 • Kim Kavin
'Billions of Dollars'
New Jersey's Labor Commissioner said that's what the state loses to employee misclassification. A similar claim in California was debunked years ago.
 • Kim Kavin
Thank You
I am sincerely honored to receive the Institute for the American Worker's 2025 Defender of Worker Freedom Award.
 • Kim Kavin
This Is Basic Math
New Jersey's unemployment rate is up. Companies will not magically create new jobs for the state's estimated 1.7 million independent contractors.
 • Kim Kavin
ACR177 Joins SCR138
These companion documents are intended to prohibit or invalidate the New Jersey Labor Department's proposed independent-contractor rule.
 • Kim Kavin
The Strategy
A New Jersey congressman's report says Steve Sweeney, Robert Asaro-Angelo and others met in 2017 to discuss reclassifying independent contractors.
 • Kim Kavin
The Skilled Subset
New research from Fiverr says there are 6.9 million "skilled independent workers" in the United States earning a combined $319 billion in revenue.
 • Kim Kavin
Freelance Busting
Freelance Busting
News and analysis about attacks on our right to choose self-employment, from a leader of the independent-contractor resistance

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