NSBA | Letters, Comments, and Testimony

Joining the PPWO and 100+ advocacy organizations, NSBA opposes the DOL rushing into proumlgating new standards for overtime.

Joining 146 other groups, NSBA supports making permanent the Section 199A 20-percent deduction.

The TRIPS waiver expansion could further erode the intellectual property protections that are the lifeblood of America’s small businesses and their abilities to innovate, create jobs, and fuel the economy.

The proposed rule will significantly reduce abilities of many owners to protect their small business without options for non-compete agreements with key employees, contractors, and advisors.

If enacted, the PRO Act will pose far-reaching negative impacts on workers, small businesses, employers, contractors, and unions alike.

Several SBA positions have been open since the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving the majority of small-business owners (67 percent) less than fully confident their business will recover.

The DOL's proposal gives no guidance on how these factors interplay and how businesses should make decisions if these factors point in different directions. NSBA believes that these new rules should be withdrawn, and the current rules should be given a chance to work.

Fewer start-ups, lost innovation, higher costs, and a less vibrant entrepreneurial economy, the NLRB's proposed joint-employer standard will devastate the small-business economy.