This webcast is free of charge and will be closed captioned.

Moderator:  Linda Barrington, ILR Associate Dean for Outreach and Sponsored Research; Executive Director, ILR Institute for Compensation Studies

Presenter:  Seth D. Harris ‘83 -   Distinguished Scholar, Cornell University's ILR School; Counsel in the Public Policy & Regulation and Employment & Labor Practices of Dentons, a global law firm; and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor
 
Additional perspective from:  
Sara Horowitz ’84 – Founder and Executive Director of the Freelancers Union, MacArthur Foundation “Genius” fellow and Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve of New York
 
Alan Krueger '83 -  Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University and served as Chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers.
In a paper recently presented at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., Seth Harris ‘83 and Alan Krueger ‘83 propose ways to modernize labor laws for work in the 21st century.
 
The paper proposes a new legal category for workers, “independent workers,” those who occupy the gray area between employees and independent contractors. By extending many of the legal benefits and protections found in employment relationships to independent workers, the proposal would protect and help strengthen the social compact between workers and employers, and reduce the legal uncertainty and legal costs that currently beset many independent worker relationships.
 
In this program, Harris will offer a closer look at the proposal as well as take questions from our online audience.