Comment from PartyInDC, Donor'sSucker
Donor'sSucker PartyInDCOpposeIndividual
Summary: The commenter opposes the rule, arguing that it fails to address the core issues of offshore consulting and "body shopping" while potentially codifying bad practices for large consulting firms. They suggest that the rule will not stop abusive labor practices by offshore companies and advocate for the elimination of certain temporary work visas instead.
This rule is another game by Donor's sucker party in DC. People are laughing because together with Independent contractor rule, this will have way more impact than any wage level rule.
People are saying, this may be good for fast food franchise OR business who deals with minimum wage hospitality type work but certainly not solving all problems hard working US citizens are facing.
this rule codify bad practice of consulting firms specially in IT and Health care. This will eliminate abuse by staffing firms or small mom and pop cheaters who just act as pimp in middle all the time but what about consulting firms who are using same model. They will have open hand and force every one else to be slaves of the consulting firms.
is this rule solve offshore consulting firms abuse?
is this rule solve local consulting firms who are doing same as small staffing firms doing, only difference is they may have small offices in different cities?
example1 -
Consulting firm called PWC who mainly operate from US soil but having majority IT staff offshore, having client called ford motors. PWC also have another client called Kia motors. Now PWC get contract to build small sound system integration software for ford. PWC gather team of developers and work them with Ford's internal IT team to develop this product. Now there is guaranteed that developers who work as employees of Ford will never able to work for Kia due to fake non compete agreements, conflict of interest or any internal deals But certainly PWC will sale same intellectual property to third client called Toyota. is Ford and Kia and any other clients of PWC are considered joint employer based on this rule?
Guys who are PWC employers lost ability to work for 1/4 of PWC clients the day they join PWC. This rule codify that practice. correct?
example 2-
Offshore consulting firm called TCS do IT consulting work for endless US based companies.99 pct. of TCS employees are offshore. offshore they don't have any labor laws or anything but they have dirty bribery and back door business deals. This rule certainly solve abuse by endless body shopping firms on us soil who place hard working folks to TCS projects and take a big cut from middle but this will not end TCS's bad policies. Infect this will give TCS to abuse openly and continue with bad practice. This will not that easy because US people will not accept slavery of offshore firms but that abusive practice is allowed for local consulting firms.
If you really want to solve labor issues, easy option is to eliminate all temp work visa and tax offshore 200 Pct. Bring Eli crane's bill to vote and see who is traitor in either side. People want to know who is member of this donor's sucker party in DC. L1 and TN temp work visa must be added along with h1b in that bill.
US citizens compete with each other in open market is good but competing with offshore, unlimited temp work visa folks and under the layer of consulting firms umbrella is bad practice. this will not help anyone including US based companies too.