The problem I have with the current ESDC approach to misclassification is that they don't have a very liberal approach to it. They narrow it down to whether or not you own equipment and tools. The effect it has on drivers who don't have the financial means to own a truck is that they're squeezed out of the market. I'm saying, modernize that test and update it. The Supreme Court has given us guidance on it. It says that you take all of the factors in a holistic approach.
I would specifically recommend that we replace the ownership of trucks with voluntariness. That seems to be the problem everybody has, that somehow the small and medium-sized businesses force drivers. That's not the case. Leave the voluntariness to the driver. Let the driver choose if they want to be an employee or if they want to be an incorporated driver. To not allow that is to take a very paternalistic view, and it is economic gatekeeping.
