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September 16, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

The House Committee on Education and Labor issued a subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board for records about potential conflicts of interest, The Washington Post reports. The Committee is specifically concerned with conflicts involving William Emanuel, an appointee to the board by President Trump. Emanuel previously worked at a law firm hired by McDonald’s […]

Uber’s Flexibility Myth: Reprise

Aug 19, 2020 Benjamin Sachs

As Uber has done countless times before, it argued in a recent NYT op-ed that the firm can’t possibly classify its drivers as employees because doing so would undermine the core feature of its business model: “flexibility.” I have argued many times myself that Uber’s argument about flexibility is nothing more than a myth; that […]

The Pitfalls of Uber and Lyft as Franchisors

Aug 19, 2020 Veena Dubal

Uber and Lyft are in the early stages of discussions to possibly turn many of their California drivers into employees. However, rather than become employees of the companies, the drivers would likely become employees of other businesses. In considering this move, Uber and Lyft have assessed how FedEx Ground Package Systems responded to a 2014 […]

July 11, 2019
News & Commentary

Annie Hollister

Dunkin’ (formerly known as Dunkin’ Donuts), has been systematically cracking down on franchisees that hire undocumented workers, The New Food Economy reports. Since last September, a Dunkin’ parent company has sought to terminate dozens of franchise contracts and has filed at least three lawsuits against franchisees on the grounds that franchise operators engaged in “pervasive noncompliance” with […]

April 2, 2019
News & Commentary

Bibeka Shrestha

The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday proposed a rule that would sharply limit the ability of workers to sue companies for violations of minimum-wage and overtime laws under a theory of joint employer liability. If the rule becomes final, workers will face new hurdles to proving that corporations like McDonald’s and others that rely […]

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September 16, 2020

Uber’s Flexibility Myth: Reprise

The Pitfalls of Uber and Lyft as Franchisors

July 11, 2019

April 2, 2019