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Challenges For Black Workers After 2020: Antiracism In The Gig Economy?, Michael C. Duff
Challenges For Black Workers After 2020: Antiracism In The Gig Economy?, Michael C. Duff
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Black workers’ fortunes in the coming decades are tied to the expansion of the Gig economy, the impact of which is to destroy employee status. Because much antiracism law and policy has been transmitted to society through the medium of employment law, the disappearance of employee status should be of concern to all foes of racism. This short essay argues that Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 should be expanded to cover all forms of racist workplace conduct. Regulatory arbitrage will continue to challenge the definition of employment for the foreseeable future. It is fitting that one …
All The World’S A Platform?: Some Remarks On 'Marketplace Platform' Employment Laws, Michael C. Duff
All The World’S A Platform?: Some Remarks On 'Marketplace Platform' Employment Laws, Michael C. Duff
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This paper addresses the enactment of marketplace platform laws, which have arisen as a remarkable feature of the "gig" economy in recent years. A marketplace platform law decides the question of whether an individual worker is an independent contractor or an employee — an ongoing controversy in all employment law, including workers’ compensation law — by emphasizing factors other than those normally considered in traditional legal analyses. As of this writing, seven states appear to have enacted marketplace platform laws.
In short, marketplace platform laws — developed substantially and lobbied aggressively by the company Handy, Inc. — make it much …