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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction to the Changing Nature of Work
- Part II What Has Changed?
- 4 Changes in Technology
- 5 The Changing Nature of Work
- 6 Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization
- 7 Changes in the Legal Landscape
- 8 The Rise and Decline of Organized Labor in the United States
- 9 Changes in Organizational Income Inequality
- 10 Work and Employment in Fluid Organizational Forms
- 11 Changes in Worker Demographics
- 12 Generational Changes in Personality, Values, and Abilities
- 13 Changes in Work Behavior Patterns
- Part III Implications for Talent Management and Impact on Employees
- Index
- References
7 - Changes in the Legal Landscape
from Part II - What Has Changed?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 April 2020
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work
- The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction to the Changing Nature of Work
- Part II What Has Changed?
- 4 Changes in Technology
- 5 The Changing Nature of Work
- 6 Changes in Occupations, Jobs, and Skill Polarization
- 7 Changes in the Legal Landscape
- 8 The Rise and Decline of Organized Labor in the United States
- 9 Changes in Organizational Income Inequality
- 10 Work and Employment in Fluid Organizational Forms
- 11 Changes in Worker Demographics
- 12 Generational Changes in Personality, Values, and Abilities
- 13 Changes in Work Behavior Patterns
- Part III Implications for Talent Management and Impact on Employees
- Index
- References
Summary
The changing nature of work offers both opportunities and challenges for organizations. Among those challenges are issues related to maintaining compliance with labor and employment legal obligations. As work, and the workforce, changes, traditional strategies for maintaining compliance may no longer meet organizational needs and legal requirements. In this chapter, we highlight several areas in which the changing nature of work, the workforce, and the legal landscape may pose legal challenges for organizations going forward. We focus on four primary areas: (1) the classification of workers as “employees” versus “independent contractors,” (2) the occurrence of off-the-clock work, (3) pay equity, and (4) applications of big data for solving human capital problems. The chapter provides a brief background of the relevant legal standards, after which we address each of the four topic areas.
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- The Cambridge Handbook of the Changing Nature of Work , pp. 154 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020