One of the most controversial issues in labor and employment law concerns how workers should be categorized in" on-demand" businesses that rely more on smartphone …
G Racabi - Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L., 2022 - HeinOnline
During the first peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, workers across the United States witnessed how employers briefly ceded control over their workplaces as government …
RL Redfearn III - Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 2016 - JSTOR
Business activity and consumer participation in the economy have changed drastically with the rise of the Internet and mobile phone applications. One area that reflects this change is …
The concept of employment is an important legal category, not only for labor and employment law, but also for intellectual property law, torts, criminal law, and tax. The right …
In 2015, the Northern District of California issued one of the most widely cited opinions on employment regulation in the sharing economy.'The dispute in Cotter v. Lyft was a relatively …
A federal court recently surmised that applying existing laws to on-demand workers is like being" handed a square peg and asked to choose between two round holes." 2 Workers in …
Whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee is of great significance in many countries, including the United States. This label drives whether a worker is entitled to many …
The structure of the American workplace depends on the ability to distinguish between employees and independent contractors. 2 Most labor and employment laws apply only to …