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Old Boundaries, New Horizons: How Anti-Discrimination Law Can Better Protect Black Gig Workers in the Time of COVID-19

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Christy EnglandThe Employee Rights Advocacy Institute for Law & Policy Abstract Legal scholarship surrounding the gig economy largely focuses on the detrimental impact of...   Read More

No Due Process, No Rights: How Forced Arbitration Enables Misclassification In The Gig Economy

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I. Introduction             The gig economy represents a multibillion-dollar sector of the American economy[1], and as many as one-third of workers in America are...   Read More

The Worst Of Both Worlds: The Implications Of Prop 22 For Workers In California And Beyond

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Introduction During the November 2020 election, California voters passed Proposition 22 (“Prop 22”) after gig companies like Uber and Lyft waged a multi-million dollar...   Read More

Spotlight On California: AB 5, Proposition 22, And The Fight For Gig Workers’ Rights

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By Christy England, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The Harms Of Misclassification: The COVID-19 Pandemic And Beyond As workers across the country face unprecedented...   Read More

Interactive Timeline Series Traces How The U.S. Supreme Court Forced Arbitration On America’s Workers

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Over 60 million of America’s non-union private-sector workers are bound by forced arbitration clauses that bury claims of employer wrongdoing behind closed doors. Many...   Read More

The Institute Publishes New Report Exposing Widespread Use Of Arbitration Clauses In Employment Contracts

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The Institute is pleased to have published a groundbreaking report by Professor Imre S. Szalai, the Judge John D. Wessel Distinguished Professor of Social...   Read More

The Faces Of Forced Arbitration Project Launched At 2017 NELA Annual Convention

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The Institute was proud to launch its groundbreaking project, The Faces of Forced Arbitration, at the 2017 NELA Annual Convention in June. Designed to...   Read More

Horton Comes To A Head: U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Resolve Conflict Regarding Workers’ Rights To Act Collectively

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By Elizabeth Colman, Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow The United States Supreme Court granted three petitions for certiorari during their Friday, January 13 conference...   Read More

Forced Arbitration Usurps U.S. Service Member’s Workplace Rights

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By Paul H. Tobias Attorney Fellow Clark Taylor Ending forced arbitration of employment disputes is The Institute’s top public policy priority. Toward that end,...   Read More

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