Labor Law Must Include All Workers

“In January of this year, we published a comprehensive set of recommendations for reforming U.S. labor law. Although the recommendations were extensive, the theory that lay behind them was straightforward: …

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Ardósia Limpa para o Poder do Trabalhador: Poder e Voz do Trabalhador na Resposta Pandêmica

“Nosso país é atormentado por duas crises urgentes - a pandemia do COVID-19 e a praga do racismo sistêmico, a última das quais se manifestou na contínua matança de negros…

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Como e por que capacitar os trabalhadores na resposta COVID-19

“Da falta de licença médica paga à escassez de leitos hospitalares, a pandemia do COVID-19 expôs problemas flagrantes em nossa infraestrutura social. Aqueles que permanecem no trabalho ...

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Ardósia Limpa para o Poder dos Trabalhadores: Construindo uma Economia e Democracia Justas

A year-long Harvard University project drawing on input from U.S. and global practitioners and academics issued a report offering a package of reforms that promise to help stop the self-reinforcing …

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Commentary: Questionable Opinion About the Gig Economy

As OnLabor covered last week, the Department of Labor recently issued an “opinion letter” finding that the workers deriving income from an unnamed “virtual marketplace company” are independent contractors and …

A Response: Is the New Prime Pill Even More Bitter?

I agree with Ben and Adrienne’s assessment, and also worry what the New Prime mode of statutory construction may mean in the context of labor law.  This kind of originalist statutory construction is …

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