Regulation of the Work Performance Relationship: Independent Contractors, Labor Subcontractors, and Joint Control over an Employment-Like Relationship

Authors

Marley S. Weiss, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of LawFollow

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

2005

Keywords

labor law

Comments

Published with the permission of the Instituto de Investigaciones Juridicas, UNAM.

Abstract

I. Introduction. II. Who is covered and who is excluded from the protective scope of labor law, and the legal consequences for those excluded as independent contractors or owners. III. Benefits and burdens of the “employment relationship” characterization compared to a contract for services. IV. Speculations about solutions to the work relationship problem.

Disciplines

Labor and Employment Law

Digital Commons Citation

Patricia Kurczyn Villalobos, ed. Derecho Social: Memoria del Congreso Internacional de Cultura Y Sistemas Juridicos Comparados, Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídicas de la UNAM. 2005, p. 183-221.