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Jessica Klement

Jun 17, 2026

3:55
Where does that stand right now?
3:57
That's a great question.
3:58
There are two different federal definitions of what an IC is, right? There's one at the IRS, which looks at an economic realities test.
4:05
And then there's one at the Department of Labor, which takes a broader look at more stringent, more components for a more stringent definition of what an IC is.
4:16
We estimate that the travel industry is probably somewhere between 65% and 75% ICs.
4:23
travel advisors on the whole.
4:24
So this is a growing aspect of the industry.
8:18
now one of the last question for you is uh what um you got asked to pack uh and and we're gonna have the big advocacy dinner uh later this week how healthy is that fun today and and uh what do you expect are you still getting major contributions and uh are we we're gonna see another uh you know a lot of contributions coming on friday night right
1:40
You didn't have travel industry experience as you came into this position, so let's hear about that.
1:46
Yeah, I didn't, but I'm certainly happy I ended up here.
1:50
This is the single most fun industry I've ever worked in.
1:54
Our advisors, the agency owners, everyone is just so impressive and professional.
1:59
Makes my job so much easier.
2:01
But that's not what you asked.
2:02
So I, you know, I interned on Capitol Hill when I was in college.

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18:05
Yeah

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