• Will California suit against GrubHub strangle the gig economy? [Cyrus Farivar/ArsTechnica, Megan Rose Dickey/TechCrunch, Jon Steingart/Bloomberg]
• “The War on Work — And How To End It” [Edward Glaeser, City Journal via John Cochrane (“It is interesting that our political class says it wants more Americans to work. Yet there are few activities as hit by disincentives and regulatory barriers than the simple act of paying another person to do something for you.”)
• North Carolina attorney Jonathan Harkavy does an annual Supreme Court employment law roundup of which the latest installment is here;
• Restaurant owner who wrote in favor of higher minimum wage shutters eatery in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood: ““The specifics of the paperwork that restaurants in SF and California have to do are overwhelming….Being an owner-operator is a really taxing job.” [SF Eater, Slate in 2014]
• “Analyzing James Damore’s Employment-Related Claims against Google” [Matthew Bodie/On Labor, one, two, three; related, Suzanne Lucas]
• “New labor code for France?” [Jeff Hirsch, Workplace Prof referencing 2013 article with Sam Estreicher, “Comparative Wrongful Dismissal Law: Reassessing American Exceptionalism“]

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