TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This paper posits that legal avoidance – employers’ search for forms of employment to which labor and employment laws do not apply – is an important driver of the restructuring of work. It examines three examples of restructuring that enable employers to avoid legal liability and compliance costs: the classification of workers as independent contractors; the use of part-time and variable-schedule work; and employers’ deskilling of jobs and reliance on vulnerable workers. None of these strategies is itself unlawful, but their impact is to limit workers’ legal protections and weaken the law itself. Employers may also experience unintended consequences of restructuring.
VL  - 47
SN  - 978-1-78635-436-5, 978-1-78635-435-8/0733-558X
DO  - 10.1108/S0733-558X20160000047022
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0733-558X20160000047022
AU  - Alexander Charlotte S.
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Legal Avoidance and the Restructuring of Work
T2  - The Structuring of Work in Organizations
T3  - Research in the Sociology of Organizations
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 311
EP  - 331
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -