Posts tagged Department of Labor & Workforce Development
New Jersey Adopts ABC Test Rule
May 5, 2026 // Today, under the administration of Governor Mikie Sherrill, the State of New Jersey adopted the previous administration’s proposed independent-contractor rule that faced 3-to-1 opposition at last summer’s public hearing and 99% opposition during the written public-comment process.
Freelance Busting: The ABC Test Defense
April 22, 2026 // And perhaps most important, according to all of the oral testimony and thousands of written public comments submitted to New Jersey’s Labor Department, there are zero people being unknowingly classified as independent contractors. You can download and read here the eight (yes, only eight out of about 9,500) public comments that individuals supporting the proposed rule change filed. Not a single one of them says the person was unknowingly working as an independent contractor.
Commentary: He Laughed Out Loud
October 2, 2025 // The Labor Department is part of the Murphy administration. The governor has the power to rescind this proposal, to protect the incomes and careers of New Jersey’s estimated 1.7 million independent contractors. He’s choosing not to do it, while laughing about it.