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The Gig Economy: An Annotated Bibliography, Matthew L. Timko Jul 2019

The Gig Economy: An Annotated Bibliography, Matthew L. Timko

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Companies like Uber, Lyft, Postmates, Airbnb, and others have become established within society, to the point that Uber has become a regularly used verb. While the consumer benefits of these companies has been immediate, the legal implications remain far murkier. This emerging market has demonstrated that the twentieth century laws are unable to cope with these twenty-first century businesses in regard to employee rights, employer responsibilities, consumer protections, and federal and state regulations. This bibliography presents the primary and secondary sources which are essential to understanding what has been termed the "gig economy" so that readers have a background of …


Protecting Court Borders: Fencing Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb Out Of Illinois Civil Courts, Patrick D. Kenneally Nov 2007

Protecting Court Borders: Fencing Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. V. Nlrb Out Of Illinois Civil Courts, Patrick D. Kenneally

Northern Illinois University Law Review

An increasing number of jurisdictions have seized upon the reasoning in the United States Supreme Court's decision Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB to deny undocumented immigrant plaintiffs recovery for lost future earnings at their projected earnings while living in the United States. However, a correct reading of Hoffman and understanding of its precedent reveals a narrow ruling confined to the field of federal labor law incapable of influencing the availability and distribution of damages in personal injury actions in Illinois state courts. Illinois common law currently grants undocumented plaintiffs the right to recover damages for amounts they would have …


Symposium: Work And Family Introduction, Lorraine Schmall Nov 1998

Symposium: Work And Family Introduction, Lorraine Schmall

Northern Illinois University Law Review

Work and family problems seem as numerous, and as difficult to deal with as our children. Invidious discrimination, inadequate laws, intra-family dissension all contribute to our woes. But the dialogue has begun, and problem-solving cannot be too far behind.


Midgett V. Sackett In The Aftermath Of Allis-Chalmers: The Impact Of Federal Labor Law On Retaliatory Discharge Claims, Bruce Keller May 1986

Midgett V. Sackett In The Aftermath Of Allis-Chalmers: The Impact Of Federal Labor Law On Retaliatory Discharge Claims, Bruce Keller

Northern Illinois University Law Review

A discussion of the continuing viability of the Illinois Supreme Court's decision to extend the tort of retaliatory discharge to union employees protected by collective bargaining agreements.