Legislators Seek to Block ABC Rule Amendments

Two New Jersey Republican lawmakers are trying to block rules that the Department of Labor and Workforce Development proposed to clarify its interpretation of the ABC test of employment. Sen. Declan J. O'Scanlon, R-Holmdel, and Assemblymember Victoria A. Flynn, R-Middletown, introduced concurrent resolutions — Senate Concurrent Resolution 138 and Assembly Concurrent Resolution 177 — arguing that the rules the department proposed earlier in the year inappropriately tip the scales toward finding an employer-employee relationship whenever someone performs labor for pay. "Th...