Add to ORKGIn recent years, a controversy has erupted over the distinction between employees and independent contractors. Commentators have argued that in the modern “gig economy,” many people traditionally classified as independent contractors are as vulnerable as employees and should be granted the legal protections that employees alone normally enjoy. However, the distinction between the two categories remains inescapable, and the theoretical basis for it has not been identified. I argue that the distinction is derived from market structure. Employees are workers who, because they must make relationship-specific investments in a single firm, are subject to labor monopsony. Independent contractors do not make such relationship-specific investments, ...
In this paper, the authors consider whether the contract of employment should continue to be the cen...
The common law of principal-agent relationships admonishes us that “no man can serve two masters.” B...
I. Introduction. II. Who is covered and who is excluded from the protective scope of labor law, and ...
In recent years, a controversy has erupted over the distinction between employees and independent co...
For a worker in today\u27s economy, being designated an independent contractor can mean many diffe...
When contracts are incomplete and control over pre-existing assets are already assigned through onwe...
The distinction between employees and independent contractors is crucial in determining the scope of...
Federal tax law divides workers into two categories depending on the degree of control exercised ove...
For several decades, the battle has raged over whether an individual is an employee or independent c...
Labor law and related regulations were created long before the current growth of the on-demand econo...
Employment laws protect “employees” and impose duties on their “employers.” In the modern working wo...
The classification of workers as "employees" or "independent contractors" is important because the e...
The classification of workers as \u22employees\u22 or \u22independent contractors\u22 is important b...
For hundreds of years, the American dream has been to own one\u27s own business. Many American\u27s ...
As the Reporter primarily responsible for the chapter defining the employment relationship in the re...
In this paper, the authors consider whether the contract of employment should continue to be the cen...
The common law of principal-agent relationships admonishes us that “no man can serve two masters.” B...
I. Introduction. II. Who is covered and who is excluded from the protective scope of labor law, and ...
In recent years, a controversy has erupted over the distinction between employees and independent co...
For a worker in today\u27s economy, being designated an independent contractor can mean many diffe...
When contracts are incomplete and control over pre-existing assets are already assigned through onwe...
The distinction between employees and independent contractors is crucial in determining the scope of...
Federal tax law divides workers into two categories depending on the degree of control exercised ove...
For several decades, the battle has raged over whether an individual is an employee or independent c...
Labor law and related regulations were created long before the current growth of the on-demand econo...
Employment laws protect “employees” and impose duties on their “employers.” In the modern working wo...
The classification of workers as "employees" or "independent contractors" is important because the e...
The classification of workers as \u22employees\u22 or \u22independent contractors\u22 is important b...
For hundreds of years, the American dream has been to own one\u27s own business. Many American\u27s ...
As the Reporter primarily responsible for the chapter defining the employment relationship in the re...
In this paper, the authors consider whether the contract of employment should continue to be the cen...
The common law of principal-agent relationships admonishes us that “no man can serve two masters.” B...
I. Introduction. II. Who is covered and who is excluded from the protective scope of labor law, and ...