Gov. Phil Murphy said there was “no news to make” when asked why the state has not pulled a New Jersey Department of Labor proposal that would greatly reduce the number of independent contractors in the state, despite more than 99% opposition to it during the written comment period and considerable concern from legislators from both sides of the aisle.
“We’re not quite through this process yet,” Murphy told News 12 host Eric Landskroner on Ask the Governor this week.
Fight for Freelancers co-founder Kim Kavin posed the question to the governor on the show through X for the second consecutive month. Murphy said “there’s a lot of passion on all sides of this,” which Kavin challenged on her Freelance Busting Substack this week given the overwhelming opposition within the 9,000+ comments submitted.
“There are two sides when it comes to the Labor Department’s proposal,” Kavin wrote. “People employed by unions or affiliated with organizations that have strong union ties dominate the side that wants this.
“Pretty much everyone else in the state is opposed, telling the Murphy administration to stop what it’s doing because it would risk undermining access to justice in our courts, jeopardize public safety, threaten children’s safety in youth sports, be potentially catastrophic for serving infants and toddlers with developmental disabilities, and more.”
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