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15 - Contemplating New Categories of Workers

Technology and the Fissured Workplace

from Part III - The “Fissured” Workplace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2019

Richard Bales
Affiliation:
Ohio Northern University
Charlotte Garden
Affiliation:
Seattle University
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As Joseph Slater discusses in his chapter introducing this section, the question of who should be covered by labor law is one of increasing importance. This chapter discusses one possible response: the creation of new categories of workers. Many jobs once classified as standard full-time “employee” positions now are subject to some form of workplace fissuring. Once staffed by employees under a standard contract of employment, an increasing number of jobs are now split up, contracted out, divided, outsourced, or broken apart. In particular, whether as a cause, facilitator, or a mere incidental factor, certain types of workplace technology seem to have accelerated this trend toward workplace fissuring. Whether through the use of just-in-time workplace scheduling management programs, or platforms that can be used to outsource work across the Internet, technology and workplace fissuring often seem to go hand-in-hand.

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Print publication year: 2019

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