United States of America

(In)dependent Contractor Misclassification

Numerous state-level studies show that between 10 and 20 percent of employers misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. ...

Day labor, informality and vulnerability in South Africa and the United StatesInternational Journal of Manpower

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to compare conditions in informal day-labor markets in South Africa and the USA to better understand...

Part-time and Temporary Work: Flexibility for Whom?

The unexpected power of informal workers in the public square: A comparison of Mexican and U.S. organizing models

Abstract: Street vendors in Mexico and day laborers in the United States, both groups of informal workers who labor in public space, face...

The Macrosociology of Paid Domestic Labor

‘An area that governs itself ’: Informality, uncertainty and the management of street vending in New York CityPlanning Theory

Laws governing street vending in New York City are confusing, convoluted, at times contradictory and difficult to enforce with any sort of...

Making labor law work for part-time and contingent workers

Informal Urbanism in the USA: New Challenges for Theory and PracticePlanning Theory and Practice

Devlin describes the case of immigrant food vendors in an area of Brooklyn and how as they became more popular with better off New Yorkers...

Law: New York Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights

Webpage for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights in the state of New York, with links to multilingual resource pages

New York State, Article 15, Human Rights Law

This executive law is enacted to ensure that every individual shall have an equal opportunity to participate fully in the economic, cultural...