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    Press Release

    Minnesota Small Businesses Challenge Independent Contractor Statute

    March 25, 2026 // NFIB joined a coalition of business organizations in filing a lawsuit in Minnesota state court challenging the new independent contractor test that was passed in 2024 as part of the Jumbo Omnibus Bill, H.F. 5247. The statute enacts a rigorous fourteen-factor test for determining the classification of independent contractors and imposes extreme financial and criminal penalties for even well-meaning small businesses should they fail to comply. J&M Consulting

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Labor Unionization

    Vincent Vernuccio: Time to celebrate and protect worker freedom

    March 17, 2022 // A right-to-work law simply means that a union cannot get a worker fired for not paying them. In states without right-to-work laws unions can require private-sector workers to pay union fees just to keep their jobs.

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