ASTA警告纽约立法者关于独立承包商法案
经过理查德·德·安布罗西奥(Richard D’Ambrosio)/
The American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA) cautioned the New York State Assembly that pursuing legislation with a narrow definition of employees and independent contractors (IC) could greatly injure the travel agency community in America’s fourth largest state.
New York State is considering legislation that would amend state labor laws, tightening the definition of independent contractors and full-time employees. Senate Bill S6699A is sponsored by Robert Jackson, (D, 31st District), and is currently in the Senate Rules Committee. No movement is expected on the proposed legislation until the state legislature reconvenes in January 2020. The Assembly’s version is Bill A8721A.
像加利福尼亚和新泽西州, New York is struggling to catch up with the “gig economy,” services and their related jobs created by companies like Uber, Grubhub and Lyft. Some states are concerned that full-time jobs are being shifted to independent contractor status by these smartphone apps, leaving a growing number of workers without benefits and work rules, while also costing states billions in tax revenue.
Speaking on Thursday, Dec. 5, to the Assembly’s Standing Committee on Labor, Genevieve Strand, ASTA’s advocacy director, warned that without exemptions for travel advisors, a law like the one initially proposed in California earlier this year, could decimate employment for thousands of travel advisors in the state.
“当你考察各项立法提案,it is critical they be amended to protect travel sellers based on the current standard in New York,” Strand told Labor Committee Chairman Marcos A. Crespo (D, 85Th区)。
She especially cautioned Crespo and the committee about adopting a narrow “ABC Test,” as California did earlier this year. Doing so would put the successful travel advisor/host agency model “at great risk.”
She said approximately 8,700 New Yorkers work at travel agencies in the state, at approximately 2,000 retail locations, booking close to $2 billion in annual travel sales. Strand said 70% of those agencies employ fewer than five people, so any new legislation blocking travel advisor ICs would particularly penalize small business owners.
Based on the California Supreme Court’s 2018 “Dynamex” decision, under the ABC test, a business must prove all three elements of the test to declare someone a contractor and not an employee. Under that ruling, a worker must: A) be free from company control; B) perform work not central to the company’s business; and C) have an independent business in their industry.
去年春季提出了加利福尼亚的开创性AB5法案时,一群专业人士成功地游说,以免除法律,包括律师,财务顾问和房地产销售人员。
只有在该法案结束时,通过加利福尼亚州参议院的旅程 - 个人旅行顾问,ASTA和一群盟军组织的最终推动如果代理商终于添加到豁免清单中.
斯特兰德说,旅行顾问“将难以满足目前拟议的纽约法案的B测试”。“这不公平。他们确实与这些接待机构完全独立,但是因为这些主人从事销售旅行,” ICS被视为员工。
“We feel strongly that if New York adopts an ABC test, advisors should be exempt here in New York as well,” Strand said.
对比尔的支持者和反对他们的案子
邀请的大部分客人周四向委员会发表了准备的言论,代表了技术,出租车和豪华轿车行业。大多数人说,他们愿意接受新的规则和法律,但像斯特兰德一样,要求纽约立法者对解决这些问题的新方法开放,并谨慎对待其行为的意外后果。
结果,很难预测大会下一个账单可能会进行的情况。
Crespo承认,零工经济正在为某些人“创造财富和机会的途径”。“我们已经看到了所有这些工作方式的好,坏和丑陋。尽管会发生变化,但我们需要找到这种平衡,以使技术适应,但要使人们有机会。”
He offered his assessment that California’s AB5 legislation was so lacking in clarity, it was causing confusion for the state’s workers, employers and regulators.
互联网协会州政府东北地区州政府事务区局长约翰·奥尔森(John Olsen)表示,纽约的一项类似AB5的法案将“不可行”,并呼吁“反映现代形式的工作”法律。纽约可以比加利福尼亚和新泽西州的尝试更好。”他说。
“每个人都说,AB5凭借其分校和ABC测试将是一项为期十年的诉讼练习,”一家基于应用程序的公司的Handy Technologies总法律顾问Brian Miller说,允许客户订购各种服务,例如家具组件,绘画,移动和家庭清洁。“我们仍然有一组律师试图破译该法案。”
纽约州商业委员会人力资源中心主任弗兰克·克贝因(Frank Kerbein)作证说,零工经济对某些工人和企业造成了“痛苦”的变化,但补充说:“坚持自1935 - 47年以来坚持相同的规则,这是简单的出路,”“将对整个国家和行业有害。”
政治协调员Deandra Khan与服务员工国际联盟敦促委员会考虑“简单而现代”的ABC测试,“以AB5的势头为基础”。但是她承认,所有各方都需要“确保所有工人的声音都是代表的,以便我们为他们提出最好的立法。”
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议员克雷斯波(Crespo)寻求有关问题的各个方面的见解。例如,他询问自由职业者和独立在线教育者Strand,这是关于承包商因不提供公司雇员而缺少承包商的任何保护的问题。
All three affirmed that the flexibility of being an independent contractor outweighed employer-sponsored benefits. “Clearly there is no one rule that fits all,” Crespo said. “There will always be a population that likes being an independent contractor. There are lots of nuances to break down here.”