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Employment Status for “Essential Workers”: The Case for Gig Worker Parity
Saint Louis University School of Law
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2022
Miriam A. Cherry
Saint Louis University School of Law
Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Research & Engagement, Co-Director of the William C. Wefel Center for Employment Law, Saint Louis University Law School. Many thanks to the Saint Louis University faculty workshop and the Wolters Kluwer educational webinar for the opportunity to present this paper and receive feedback. For support and input, thanks to Antonio Aloisi, Janine Berg, Matthew Bodie, Valerio De Stefano, Michael Duff, Marcia McCormick, Elizabeth Pendo, Michael Oswalt, Winnie Poster, Ana Santos Rutschman, Sandra Sperino, Liz Tippett, and Ruqaiijah Yearby. Many thanks to research librarian David Kullman and faculty fellows Olivia Dinwiddie, Jacquelyn Silicia, and Alex Beezly for excellent research assistance.
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Table of contents
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. GIG WORKERS - A STUDY IN PRECARITY
- III. GIG WORKERS AND THE PROBLEM OF EMPLOYMENT CLASSIFICATION
- IV. Gig Workers as Essential Workers
- V. THE ARGUMENT FOR PARITY
- VI. CONCLUSION