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Silent Partners: The Role Of Unpaid Market Labor In Families, Lisa Philipps
Silent Partners: The Role Of Unpaid Market Labor In Families, Lisa Philipps
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The term 'unpaid market labor' refers to the direct contributions of unpaid family members to market work that officially belongs to another member of the household. Thus one individual may be construed legally as an owner or entrepreneur, but relatives may help out informally with business operations. Likewise, in corporate or public-service settings, certain employees rely on the unpaid help of an executive spouse or political wife. This paper argues that unpaid market labor is conceptually distinct from both paid work and unpaid domestic labor. Legal cases from Canada are used to illustrate the policy implications of this insight and …
Helping Out In The Family Firm: The Legal Treatment Of Unpaid Market Labor, Lisa Philipps
Helping Out In The Family Firm: The Legal Treatment Of Unpaid Market Labor, Lisa Philipps
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This article investigates the work of individuals who help out informally with a family member's job, often without pay. Examples include the relative who works in the back room of the family business, the executive spouse who hosts corporate functions, the political wife who campaigns with her husband, or the child who does chores on the family farm. The term "unpaid market labor" (UML) is used here to describe the ways that family members collaborate directly in paid activities that are legally and socially attributed to others. The practical legal problems that can arise in relation to UML are illustrated …