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Labor and Employment Law

American University Washington College of Law

2013

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What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend For Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff Jan 2013

What Marriage Equality Arguments Portend For Domestic Partner Employee Benefits, Nancy Polikoff

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Reimagining The Law Of Self-Employment: A Comparative Perspective, Jayesh Rathod, Michal Skapski Jan 2013

Reimagining The Law Of Self-Employment: A Comparative Perspective, Jayesh Rathod, Michal Skapski

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U.S. employment law has traditionally disfavored bright-line rules to distinguish between traditional “employees” and independent contractors, instead relying on more flexible criteria, to be applied on a case-by-case basis. This fluidity has enabled employers to structure these relationships – and the corresponding bundle of worker rights and benefits – in ways that serve their own material and normative interests. Indeed, recent employment law literature has noted a dramatic shift towards independent contracting and contingent worker schemes in the U.S., even when the actual workplace dynamics are more akin to an employer-employee relationship. These same trends are now visible on the …