Flexible work is highly valued by Americans today, and it motivates people. This Small Business Week, an encouraging new poll revealed the electorate‘s views of independent work and why it’s important to preserve self-employment in America. Policymakers would be wise to stand with the self-employed, freelancers, and gig workers, not against them.
In a newly released poll, wide margins of voters overall and key voter demographics, including women, seniors, young people, and independents, expressed their support for independent work arrangements. Critically, voters strongly oppose the government’s thumb on the scale against independent contracting.
The Independent Women’s Forum found that 82% of voters agree that the government should not force people to work nine-to-five jobs but allow people the flexibility to be independent contractors. By an even wider margin (91%), voters said flexibility is important to workers, especially parents and caregivers.
Caregiving drives many workers to opt out of traditional employment to work for themselves. Eight in 10 voters in the poll said they believe that independent contracting is a good option for people seeking flexible jobs.
Giving workers the choice of when, where, how, and who they work for should be a fundamental freedom.
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Read the entire article at The Washington Examiner