The International Association of Virtual Assistants (IAVA) was founded to alert businesses to the potential of using VAs, and also to give home workers a forum to share acheivements and problems.
Judy Gearhart, executive director of the International Labor Rights Forum, said workers need a system to allow them to report safety concerns without the fear of losing their jobs.
Former CBO Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin estimated in a study for the American Action Forum that more than 40 million workers would lose their employer coverage due to these perverse incentives.