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Navigating the Lobbying Process: A First Person Perspective

Learn how to engage with Congress for support on labor harmonization, contacting the right representatives, making appointments, sending emails, and seeking assistance. Discover the significance of a harmonization bill for independent contractors in the mystery shopping industry. Reach out to key representatives for a meeting to discuss the benefits of a standardized definition of "employee."

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Navigating the Lobbying Process: A First Person Perspective

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  1. Navigating the Lobbying Process: A First Person Perspective

  2. Who are the right Congress Reps to contact? • How do I go about making an appointment or sending an email? • What do I say? • Where do I go for help? • And, what about the DC fly-ins?

  3. MSPA will initially help in identifying the correct Congress Reps to approach – Paul Ryan and Tyler Goodwin Mario Diaz-Balart Rep FL 25th District Approached but will not accept meetings outside of district Donna Shalala Dem FL 27th District We decided not to approach Brian Mast Rep FL 18th District Will approach end of October

  4. All Representatives will have an area on their website for sending an email and requesting a meeting • You can usually select dates to suit you • You may also attend office clinics on specific days as walk-ins

  5. I am a Board Member of the Mystery Shopping Professional's Association, having worked in the industry for many years. I would like to discuss Congressman Diaz Balart potentially providing support for a new harmonization bill for labor. Harmonization means the same test across all federal agencies utilizing the current IRS test. Our work is conducted by mystery shoppers who are all independent contractors. There are many different tests that currently define someone's status as either an employee or an independent contractor. Our industry could suffer from incorrect definitions for our mystery shoppers as employees. A harmonized definition of “employee” would be beneficial to all stakeholders.  It would provide much needed certainty to independent entrepreneurs and their clients, while also enabling government agencies to more efficiently ensure proper worker classification. For the mystery shopping industry, it is essential that mystery shoppers are recognized as independent, to ensure that the data and findings they report are reliable and objective, and not influenced by the firm that engages them.  I would welcome the opportunity of a meeting so I may explain the importance of this harmonization bill.

  6. Contacts: And, don’t forget the DC fly-in! Paul Ryan – Paulr@secretshopper.com Tyler Goodwin – tylerg@360intel.com

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