Episode description
Small businesses fuel America’s economy and are under assault.
In 2020, before pandemic lockdowns, there were 31.7 million small businesses across the United States—from the single, self-employed entrepreneur to small businesses with less than 100 employees, according to the Small Business Administration.
* Combined, they have 60.6 million employees—or 47% of the private-sector workforce.
* 5.2 million of those small businesses are either minority owned, or self-employed minorities.
* A lot of the major companies we see today started out as small business—from Amazon to Apple to Nike, Walmart and WholeFood.
The National Federation of Independent Business is the nation’s leading voice for America’s small businesses.
In this episode of Labor Relations Radio, Jeff Brabant, NFIB’s Senior Manager of Government Relations shares the small business perspective on a host of issues, including Build Back Better, the ‘ABC Test’ affecting Independent Contractors, the PRO Act, as well as Joint Employer issues.
Related links:
* National Federation of Independent Business
* NFIB Files Amicus Brief on NLRB Effort to Change Independent Contractor Rules
* New NFIB Survey: Inflation Continues Impact on Small Businesses
* The Three Biggest Issues with the PRO Act
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