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^{Dateline: December 11, 2009, CFICF E-Newsletter}

Be sure to read the latest CFICF e-newsletter, “Government should be turning to – not against – independent contractors” (full copy is below). If you’re not already signed up to receive these communications, then sign up today.

Dear Independent Contractor,

A Bureau of Labor Statistics job report out a few days ago underscores the importance of temporary workers, who some experts predict could become a QUARTER of the American workforce as contract work grows. When the economic outlook is uncertain, small businesses (and big businesses for that matter) call more often on independent contractors, who are able to offer the much-needed flexibility for the ups and downs of our economy.

However, as 2009 draws to a close and the recession forges on, big changes in labor policy continue to threaten the very things that helped make America the land of opportunity – small businesses and a free market economy. To illustrate the irony of government’s efforts to curtail independent contracting:

• According to a report by California-based Nelson Staffing, there is a long-term shift towards contractors in the workplace.
• Littler, the No. 1 employment law firm, predicts half the jobs created in the recovery will be filled by contractors, consultants and other temps.
• According to Business Talent Group, which places executives, fifteen years ago most temporary slots were for office work, but more than half are now filled by professionals such as engineers and physicians.

You may think these facts alone would be enough to convince government of the value of independent contracting in the economy and put a halt to anti-independent contractor legislation… but they’re NOT.

In the face of facts like these, several states (most recently Nebraska) are considering more anti-contracting legislation. Of course, this is IN ADDITION to the federal threat and the several states that have already passed new anti-independent contractor legislation. And let’s not forget what this legislation would do to our healing economy.

Independent Contractors and the companies that use them can do something about that. We are more than 10 million strong and growing. If we come together as one voice, government must pay attention.

We continue to urge all of you to come together at http://www.cficf.org. And please, urge your friends and colleagues to sign up at http://www.cficf.org/join-us.

Sincerely,
David Dunnigan
Executive Director
Coalition for Independent Contractor Freedom

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