Labor standards in alternative work arrangements

Article Abstract:

Employment, labor, and related tax laws frequently set hours or earnings thresholds that exclude many part-time and temporary workers from coverage, and available evidence suggests that the number of workers in such alternative work arrangements is increasing. Grounds for justifying such thresholds include cioncerns that without such exclusions the laws would impose undue costs on businesses. Congress, the IRS, and a few states have attempted to clarify laws and curb some employers' use of independent contractors or staffing firms to circumvent the labor standards.

Part-time employment, Part time employment

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Legal issues in co-employment

Article Abstract:

Co-employment is increasingly popular in the US workforce but the complicating legal factors receive little attention, especially from client-employers. These are companies that hire temporary or contract workers via the services of a temporary agency or similar worker supplier. Important issues include equal opportunity employment, worker's compensation, unions, employment taxes, benefits, occupational safety and health, and more. Client-employers should handle many of these as though all employees were theirs.

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Wage surveys and anti-trust law

Article Abstract:

Employers who conduct wage surveys may be violating the Sherman Act. Employers are especially at risk if the survey is conducted in a face-to-face manner or if individual employee pay rates are reported. The direct exchange of wage information among competitors may appear as wage fixing that would limit competition for employees, which violates the anti-trust laws. It would be better to hire a consulting firm or have a university human resource class conduct the survey.

Interpretation and construction, Antitrust law, Surveys, Wages, Wages and salaries

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