I have been paid a monthly stipend as an independent contractor. ", Tricia: "I am a freelance court reporter, licensed by the State of California. ", Karen Garrity: "I am a cellist and music contractor. ", Mark Fausner: "I’m a loan agent for 28 years now I’m w2 . I am a nurse practitioner. ", Braden Drake: "As an attorney trying to help small businesses navigate AB5, I can say it’s been a convoluted mess that’s doing much more harm than good. And in the meantime: If there are any opportunities that me or other stressed-out, California-based writers should know about, send them my way and I’ll RT. If Congress fails to stop this tax increase on small business PPP loans, hundreds of thousands of American businesses will face a tax hike. ", Angelle: "Welp. Take that away and my family is homeless including my 11 month old baby. I have less money than ever and not one of my clients brought me on as a full-time employee. This is going to result in next to no business. #RepealAB5. ", Mike Hruby: "Texting w/ a Boston Univ. This is a significant burden to place upon taxpayers to subsidize an industry capable of standing on its own. It’s crazy. I’m writing a book, and I don’t have the time or bandwidth for a full-time job on top of it. In 2018 we had $70k in expense deductions. For 11 years, I have been freelancing. Many of my clients have difficulty swallowing and I help determine a safe diet along with compensatory swallow strategies for them so they can maintain adequate nutrition and hydration on an oral diet. My heart is sunk. I am drastically reducing my use of other musicians because the new laws no longer make it profitable. It is noted that the BEPS framework includes 135 countries, and is not limited to OECD members, and as such many will be impacted by this through pressure brought upon them by the OECD. #ab5stories. We're going to have to try out of state going forward. Read our privacy policy, 722 12th ST NW And the fact that small companies like ours that have no employees aren’t eligible for any type of insurance to protect against these claims. West Virginia, known famously as coal country, chose Donald Trump on Election Day 67-26 percent over Clinton. You will see a decrease in freedom of choice for heathcare providers in the ancillary/rehabilitation domain. ", Kate Paguinto: "I’ve been a freelance social media manager for a little over a year now and hate what AB5 is doing to the gig economy. My company as well as many other online teaching companies are now choosing to not work with California teachers. He now serves as a freelance interpreter in the California court system. just to avoid dealing with AB 5. The presidential candidate made both statements during a story about how he, as vice president, helped save the city of Detroit from bankruptcy. It's a career disaster. Also, I can’t hire extra hands on the event day for set up either. ", Lindsay Wright: "I am on the board of a classical Indian music group with a similar budget and almost 50 year history. This is the first year for me where they’re in four different schools,” he says. I started an entirely new career at 40 b/c the method of court reporting I practiced for 20 yrs in NC wasn't allowed in CA (ironic!). Borghi was working hard to make her dream of owning a business a reality when California passed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), also known as the “gig worker law” and her plans came to a screeching halt. God help me. They are too afraid to risk the ramifications. I am the one who supports my family, and I have been doing this work for over 30 years. Contracts providing FAR more than min wage. AB5 has been a chain work train wreck, in that my work can, and has been curtailed, due to lack of independent working musicians, lack or larger production companies unable to hire short term subcontractors, and the increase in overall costs, from reclassification of workers, such as workers compensation, and income tax payments, and processing. ", Lauren: "I’d personally be surviving all this with a lot less stress if I could write the way I did before. ", Susan H. Media: "Videographers and voice over artists are usually independent contractors. I am not medically cleared to return to the workforce, I have problems standing and walking which severely impact my ability to find employment. That too might change if the companies slash the number of available drivers on their fleet. I am a freelance singer so basically I will not be hired for any gigs going forward. @LorenaAD80 and @GavinNewsom and @Asm_Nazarian , small businesses and freelancers are losing income due to #ab5. Doing so has allowed me to be home with the twins. Pharmacists cannot work as ICs, I lost a contract with an out-of-state company that will go with only non-California contractors. ", Razieh Mostafavi: "l am sitting here at my house trying to stay calm and focused to rescue myself from this sudden tsunami of job loss that happened to me as an independent contractor working as a medical interpreter. I choose what work I want and when to work. We are screwed because of AB5. Just thank God for Uber, because of Uber I get to spend time with my daughter and my Family. Now @veenadubal abd @LorenaAD80 took that away from me. ideas@atr.org, , I live in constant fear of paying my rent because. This is not hypothetical. This was all very predictable at the start of this thing. Even if this gets rewritten or overturned, those opportunities will be gone. I mean I can't contract with a business, so now I have to work for donations? ", Debbie Uecker-Keough: "I work for a large mega church as a production manager. They are often world famous and cannot (and do not want to) become our “employees.” We also try to hire young CA musicians on occasion to give them valuable experience and resume credits. A lot of studios have shut their doors because of AB5 and COVID-19.”", Steve Baltin: "I am a Democrat and proud Biden supporter in California but as a freelance journalist I can tell you this law is an overreaching disaster. ", Josephine, tweeted by Kevin Kiley: "#AB5stories, Josephine: "I'm a freelance voice over artist. Because of AB5, there might not be a festival in 2020. This was a great solution for those of us who wanted to keep our skills sharp but could no longer work full time as an employee of a transcription company. Due to AB5, I can no longer afford to hire any of them except three. ", Willow Polson: "I now have to hire my crew and actors as employees, even if they only work a few hours, which has at least tripled my production costs, if not more. This agency provides all of the ASL interpreters for LAPD, City of Los Angeles, DCFS, etc... (1k plus jobs a month) there is already a SEVERE shortage of us.The 800 number quoted only includes certified interpreters. Appraisers under our code of conduct must be independent. As a Californian I’m ashamed. As the conservative organizations highlighted, tax expenditures for the PTC were $5.1 billion in 2019 alone. It is a fact that this law has decimated and destroyed what many of us had spent years to build. #AB5 upended my retirement & is destroying my life & freedom to do the work I love. My family trade is gone. But I never thought the government would just take work away from me arbitrarily. Am I going to hire them as W2 employees? Reacting to Biden’s comments, Fox Business host Charles Payne said coal miners make six-figure salaries on average while the average salary for a computer-programming job is $84,000. Income lost for commercial recording studios. With AB5 I will not be able to make ends meet with the extra income I earn working remotely as an independent contractors. ", Willow Polson: "I was working on an upcoming project that I will now not be doing as planned because of AB5. Nor can I afford to hire through the new laws. This law is destroying my wonderful work/life combo. She was awarded 7k (more than she’d already earned the two months she half heartedly worked). Small, private practices. AB5 forces businesses like my clients' to drastically sacrifice performance for compliance, and several have had to sever ties with me and those like me already. So even though I am a sole proprietor by definition and even if I were to get an LLC or even S Corp, the company won’t touch me. One company has over 40,000 teachers in the US alone. And since I perform for their clients, I don’t pass the “B” in the ABC. In between writing for outlets like The Washington Times and teaching yoga classes, in 2016, she received her advanced yoga certification. AB5 takes that choice away. Due to #AB5, I've lost my job & income that was helping me stay in my home & on my feet.”", Zeke Torres: "I am a small business owner and I USED to hire other independent contractors as well as working for others as independent contractors. Perhaps they file complaints, lawsuits, class actions against the State of California via the Department of Justice (ADA accommodations are a civil right), etc. “My livelihood and everything I’ve worked for…. Awesome. It was intended to classify employees and give them the benefits and supports that they need, but it actually causes more damage and trouble for the majority of workers instead . ", Hayk - “When the lawmakers make these laws, they don’t live our lives,” says Uber driver Hayk (who refused to give his last name). This inhibits my ability to be competitive in the field. So, with AB5, no business for us. North Carolina The Broadband DATA Act requires the FCC to develop these better maps, and the FCC says it needs $65 million to implement the law. You pay this even if you make nothing), and some are simply ending contracts with me without giving me any alternatives. That gig, and others like it, will just go to writers in other states. After all, … There really needs to be a minimum number of hours worked in order to be considered an employee. software developer writing code for a living. Follow @Mike_Palicz. My biggest issue, is not for myself, but for the deaf clients going unserved. I also own an event planning company. This could end my beautiful business that I and my clients adore. literally no freelancer in california supports AB5. All the children who come to me year after year, their families, I will miss them terribly. I can't risk destroying my company. ", Nicolas Zart: "I'm 54 and the emails I got were, incorporate or 35 articles only. I need the job and they need me.”, Julie Ann: "I freelance because I have a child with severe mental illness. In it, the group criticized the state’s proposed allocation of $20 million in the 2020-21 budget to enforce AB 5. I love being independent. Further, compliance with AB5 for the "employer" has been ridiculously difficult because the traditional payroll and insurance companies simply did not know how to work with one-off contracts. ", Lourdes: "I am an independent freelance court reporter who loves being able to work whenever I choose. So when any of these yoohoos supporting AB5 give their fake “ support” to healthcare workers during this time, I call BS!! We've seen the implications of the 2017-2019 California wildfires on homeowners insurance premiums, and the many, frequent cancellations of homeowners policies. I am so angry my blood is boiling. We are paid well over the minimum wage as IC. Labor laws are written by with a level of ambiguity on purpose. Joe Biden continues to make headlines for his recent demeaning comments about coal miners. By the time I add the cost of a payroll service (I've had a full-time employee before, I know what that costs) and all the added stuff, it doesn't make sense - especially since it amounts to a few hours a year. Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for god's sake!” Biden said. I work part-time currently so that I can raise my two boys. Previously, salon owners who rent out stations as opposed to running employee based salons were allowed to offer whatever rental perks they wanted to attract and keep renters. There is going to be a huge ripple effect across the economy in California because so many small businesses will hand to shut down, cut contractor pay or raise rates. ", Elizabeth Tobias: "Assemblymember Lorena Gonzales office just HUNG UP ON ME! I don’t need another sign to tell us that we are no longer welcome in our state. Owning my business and working this way has worked for my body (I have 35 benign bone tumors on my body). ", Krista Genzlinger: "I am an independent contractor, i.e. Such a mess. #FixAB5. ", Remi: "Too little, too late. Congrats, Lorena, you've just set $30,000 on fire. It is unsustainable. I have been in the business for over 40 years and have not seen anything as tragic as this EVER! Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program for God’s sake.” Good old Lunch Bucket Joe sure talks down about coal miners. She’s one of the hundreds of thousands of drivers who will suffer if @Uber and Lyft are forced to shut down by politicians. On average, I design 4-5 shows per year. Then two weeks before Christmas, he received a rude shock: His contractors told him they could no longer subcontract him because of AB 5... For Perez, AB 5 basically obliterated his occupation. As a W2 those would go away. ", Gail: "I am a sign language interpreter and have worked self employed for almost 20 years. I hire camera operators, photographers and assistants for all these events, and I also film for other people. Due to AB5, our client may now have to convert this independent contractor to an employee, but our client's current workers compensation policy will not provide coverage for any employees that work farther than 8 feet down. I incorporated on advice of my CPA in 2009 because it was real awkward being 1099s by media clients accountants (for my own freaking invention!). Let's beat AB5. A lot of banks were contacting appraisers and saying can you do this and the unethical ones said yes. AB5 is an immediate threat to my livelihood. If he is elected to the White House, one of Biden's stated plans for energy and environment is to get the U.S. off of fossil fuel, which would impact the coal industry that is hated by environmentalists but currently provides a quarter of U.S. electricity. #AB5 repeal today. It’s over for me. But a small local company I was going to begin working for during the off season just closed their doors 48 hours before rehearsals were to begin. Sorry to rant, but this is definitely something I’m fired up about. #americanswithdisabilitiesact. That said: Please keep working with us—because everything else just got that much harder for us. I am getting my LLC set up. I am freaking out due to not having much luck getting calls from places I applied for jobs and not hearing any good news for repealing AB5. Please RIGHT AWAY contact your assembly person, state senator, and the governor. #AB5 does not protect the working middle class. This bill makes getting assignments covered even more difficult which means more Deaf people will be left without communication access. Heck, I’ve met plenty of math PhDs, people who are a lot smarter than me, who prove themselves to be pretty lousy programmers. It's also very common for videographers to hire other videographers for a large event or when a different, specialized skill is needed. ", Susan Valot: "Thanks @LorenaSGonzalez for ruining my freelance business. Many of us are PRN exclusively or outside of our regular employment (ICs). ", Luke Munnell: "Most of my editorial clients rely on independent contributors like myself as key to fueling their daily/weekly content needs, since we cast a wider net and have better mobility than, say, a staff of writers and content producers, all centrally located in an office. ", Simon Eves: "Board member and tech person for small non-profit amateur community theater. Amy LaMarra: "My name is Amy LaMarra and I am a small business owner residing and conducting business in Los Angeles, CA. ", Dakota Sottosanto: "Well @JoeBiden as a CA registered Democrat you just lost any chance of my vote. ", Wendi Koble: "Where do I begin? It’s crazy to have to be employees of 5-10 companies now. AB5 not only hurts non-union actors and crew, it hurts small production companies too. I cannot ask all of those contractors to become employees. There are already too few radio engineers for the amount of work that needs to be done. The first-generation American was born in Los Angeles to an immigrant single-mother with limited prospects for success, but with a desire to reinvent herself. I am a legal transcriptionist working from home. ", Claudia: "I'm a freelance language professional (translator) and my corporate clients are dropping my translation services starting this month. My wife teaches yoga a few hours a week; both studios where she teaches fired all their instructors in part because of the new law. Thank you for bringing this to my attention @ShannonGroveCA I didn't know that @SenHannahBeth thought so little of us, CA economy's backbone. I simply cannot afford to hire them as employees, and I guarantee many other dive services are in the same boat, no pun intended. Only rich people will afford my services now or those with exceptional insurance. ", Chad Reisser: "Hey @LorenaSGonzalez . And it is a big portion of my work. I WANT to be independent. North Dakota My garage business was a victim of its own success and I was zoned out of LA. ", Matthew Gilbert: "I'm an IC with my job at stake. But I need work. I provide interpreting services between Deaf, Hard of hearing and hearing people. My musicians and I struggle to make a living as it is let alone add these expenses and burdens. We're lucky if we get 5 minutes to eat something. ", Vivien: "I am a freelance press photographer. We average several thousand miles a month. The FCC is already distributing $16 billion for service in unserved areas through the current Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction. I’ve been told by several out of state companies that they will not do business with any freelancers from California. Key highlights of this agreement include: Additional Unemployment Benefits That Could Prolong the Economic Recovery. I'd guess that there are fewer than 200 in the state. #AB5 means I’d have to hire W2 employees for a temp 2-3 hour job. The facility is not in a position to make her an employee, which she doesn’t want to be in the first place. There is no practical way to sustain such a company under the new law. I hire ICs who have their own legit businesses, have invested in their own gear, pay insurance on that gear, drive their own car to the gig, etc, etc. I stand to lose $89,000 in 2020.I can't really go back to the people that booked us and ask for more money when the deal was signed 18 months ago. We make our own schedule and accept the work we choose. Number of businesses receiving PPP: 623,360, Number of businesses receiving PPP: 174,429, Number of businesses receiving PPP: 50,655, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 118,392, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 129,289, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 348,870, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 149,144, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 173,552, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 417,276, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 532,775, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 496,551, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 238,494, Number of businesses receiving PPP loan: 383,561. ", Rob Gordon: "I have voted Democratic for my entire life, but I really want to express a huge amount of gratitude to . And it’s very frustrating that the many, many people who raised these exact concerns in the months before AB5 actually went into effect were dismissed. Different countries have different approaches to vitalize their economies. She also stays overnight as an additional service to care for the pets in their home. I would move back to Europe and get benefits most Americans can only dream of if I was forced to give up my creative career... why would I stay in CA??? ", Gloria M. Rivera: "I’m a registered Dem in CA that can no longer work as a freelancer cause of #ab5. I really don’t know what we are going to do. Looks like, because of #AB5, I will no longer be writing for Forbes by May (they're complying with t/35 cap and I do 7 posts a month for them). The right to work as an individual wishes is a basic, foundational freedom which this law has stripped from us, making it impossible to provide for our families. As of today, that has come to an end. “It didn’t matter what time I did work, because I was talking to schools across the world,” she said. ", David R. Berg: "I work part-time on an ad-hoc basis for a few different vessels who need a captain occasionally, or who need someone to fill in for the regular captain when that person isn't available. Sports? We have a few writers in CA making 5 figures with us, and their state just ruined that. But as you see companies from other states don’t want even bother with California residents now. ", Debbie Chinn: "One of our theatres expect to reduce 75% of their programming due to AB5 increased costs #AB5SB. I'm not rich, just enough to take care of my family. The only options (as I understand it) are to have them volunteer and be paid only expenses (impossible to justify paying the same amounts), to make them employees and pay them minimum wage for every hour (more complicated and totally unaffordable for the company as we just don't have enough income from tickets etc. I've been in business for 22 years. I have to move out of California and work for other no-kill shelters in Austin, Texas, as one example. Think: holiday caroling groups, music bands and DJs for summer festivals, drawers and painters, etc. I market and generate all of my own business. There are a bunch of other ways were AB5 seems to adversely affect my job, but that would take too long to go into. ", Kimberly Baichtal: "I am a process server. ", Scott: "AB 5, within a week of it's implementation, has already destroyed countless jobs in CA. I have been contacted by out of state companies that used to hire me directly to tell me that now I need to register with a labor company of their choice so that they can hire me through them, essentially putting a middle man between me and my income. One of my VAs has more than a dozen bloggers that she works for. ", Dyan Kane: "Because I run the show, I must consider myself a boss with employees, and, as always, issue 1099s, etc... but now with AB5, am I now supposed to cover all taxes and health care too? In mid 2017, I moved my grandmother to California. On occasion I will hire musicians to come in and do recording, doesn't make sense to have them be an employee if I only hire them for a few hours at a time. ", Nikki Guy: "I am an online English as a second language teacher, and it's still unclear if we're impacted or not in the long term. ), I can’t work with other freelancers or get a virtual assistant. I’ll plug my nose and vote Trump if you support AB5.". We all understand the nature of being 1099 contractors, nobody forces us to work this way we want to. World" logo, are Trademarks of the American Family Association - All Rights Reserved. ", Joshua Saladino: "You should look into how this is making it difficult for Nurse Anesthesiologists to practice in California, and the potential impacts on health care if these contracted anesthetists can no longer practice in CA. I’ve been looking for employment now and the boys will need to attend before and after school care. ", Anonymous: "Regarding wedding photography, while not all of us are freelancers/independent contractors (although many of us are on the side), most wedding photography companies are tiny businesses, often run by a husband-and-wife team. I have long-standing relationships with clients and independent contractors. The work ebbs and flows. ", John Anthony Arnett: "I run a small mobile DJ/production company.. i always hired any extra hands as independent contractors. I am devastated emotionally and financially over the inability to continue to work and support the economy. In the sort term, they have cut off any new contracts to teachers in California. The law makes it too expensive for local companies to hire local professionals. He worked about 30 hours a week subcontracting as a fenestration testing technician, so on his off days, he would pick up Uber or Lyft passengers in his 2012 Honda Insight, earning about $18 to $20 an hour. You stole my ability to earn a living with #AB5! Always. The statement from Sen. Cramer comes as Congress is reportedly considering a deal to extend the wind and solar tax credits as part of a broader Covid aid package. I just lost three clients that make up a nice chunk of my income due to their concern over #AB5. So if they now collect the total from the Client and pay me a 50% Referral Fee their Gross Incomes doubles. Once that project ends, effectively we are fired (end of show) and are looking for our next gig. Unfortunately, as part of this legislation, Democrats have forced inclusion of hundreds of billions in wasteful spending including a new $300-per-week supplemental unemployment program that will discourage Americans from returning to work and $600 direct payments to individuals that will do nothing to help the economy recover. I've been returning my 1099 forms and paying taxes for years. But I do have a solid client that's started offering me smaller pieces of work, so I worry about hitting that 35-submission limit. Fortunately, the budget agreement does not include Democrat proposals for hundreds of billions to a trillion dollars in state and local aid. My other two have just sent me the requirements and made it clear that noncompliance means no work. #RepealAB5. Are you serious? I’ve been in front of the labor commission twice this year (for the first time ever) and based on Dynamex we lost every time. ", Manny Mota: "I own a small language biz. I am not at all interested in being permanent and I like the flexibility of being a conductor by the “gig.” I’m only there for 6ish weeks. Really? “That allowed me flexibility during my day to go teach my regular [yoga] classes for my part-time W-2 job and then come back and maybe work on an article, do interviews, or work on yoga certifications.”. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have endorsed a carbon tax, as have most of their cabinet selections. @LorenaSGonzalez you win! They recommend that you contact your legislators and tell your story. There's so much variance in the nature of a "gig" in the gig economy, and AB5 doesn’t account for that. “Anybody who can go down 3,000 feet in a mine can sure as hell learn to program as well,” “Anybody who can throw coal into a furnace can learn how to program, for God’s sake!” Biden’s attacks toward the coal industry bears similarities to that of 2016 Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, who said her administration would “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” I have been an independent contractor for 25 years, business license issued by City of San Diego. AB5 could END many dance companies...", Andrea Sparkles: "As a dance teacher, I teach, which is the purpose of a dance studio. So my best option is to move to another state and come back as often as possible and have my 16 yr old HS student child stay with his 25 yr old brother when I'm gone. Few of us rely on those stipends as primary income, but some do, and the rest of us still appreciate being rewarded. 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