ILAW Network

Flexible work without exploitation

Reversing tech companies’ state-by-state agenda to unravel workers’ rights and misclassify workers as ‘contractors’ in the gig economy and beyond “Digital platform companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are …

EPI, Jennifer Sehere, Margaret Poydock

Employment Relationship

Misclassification, the ABC test, and employee status

The California experience and its relevance to current policy debates “The determination of whether an individual performing services is treated as an employee or an independent contractor carries significant consequences …

and Ihna Mangundayao, Celine McNicholas, Lynn Rhinehart, Margaret Poydock

COVID 19, Trade Union Rights

Why unions are good for workers—especially in a crisis like COVID-19

“The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a reality that U.S. workers have long confronted—U.S. labor law fails to protect working people. For decades, union leaders and workers’ rights advocates have called …

and Daniel Perez, Celine McNicholas, Heidi Shierholz, Lynn Rhinehart, Margaret Poydock

Trade Union Rights

Unprecedented: The Trump NLRB’s attack on workers’ rights

Under the Trump administration, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has systematically rolled back workers’ rights to form unions and engage in collective bargaining with their employers, to the detriment …

Celine McNicholas, Lynn Rhinehart, Margaret Poydock