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Disrupting Work Law: Arbitration In The Gig Economy, Charlotte Garden Jan 2017

Disrupting Work Law: Arbitration In The Gig Economy, Charlotte Garden

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Comments On Restatement Of Employment Law (Third), Chapter 1, Charlotte Garden, Joseph E. Slater Jan 2017

Comments On Restatement Of Employment Law (Third), Chapter 1, Charlotte Garden, Joseph E. Slater

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This article addresses the Restatement of Employment Law, Chapter 1, on the “Existence of Employment Relationship.” The Labor Law Group previously responded to a draft version of this chapter. This article will not revisit all the considerations discussed in that article. Instead, it will focus on three issues within this topic that have become increasingly important in recent years that the Restatement does not adequately address. These three issues are: the joint employer relationship; the use of unpaid interns; and the rise of the “gig” economy, with its attendant questions about employee status in enterprises such as Uber or Lyft. …