Tag: labor rights
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Restrictive covenants are how employers extract free labor after employment ends
Non-competes, non-solicits, and clawbacks let employers control workers after they leave. The covenants are spreading down the income ladder. Here’s the cost.
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Adjunct professors are the gig workers nobody marches for
Adjunct professors teach a majority of college classes for poverty wages and no benefits. They’re America’s most invisible gig workforce. Here’s why nothing changes.
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1099 vs W-2 is a moral question, not just a tax one
Worker classification looks like a tax issue but it’s really about who carries the risk. Many 1099 arrangements quietly offload it onto workers.