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ALI Chief Reporter for Employment Law Chairs Labor Conference

May 06, 2015

NYU Law professor Samuel Estreicher, the Chief Reporter on the Restatement of Employment Law, is chairing the 68th Annual Conference on Labor on Thursday-Friday, June 4-5, 2015. Hosted by the NYU Center for Labor and Employment Law, the conference is titled “Who Is An Employee? And Who Is The Employer?” It will explore cutting-edge issues such as when companies may classify service providers as independent contractors rather than employees.

Two ALI members who served as Reporters on the Restatement of Employment Law will present at the conference. Boston Law professor Michael C. Harper will present a session titled “The Restatement of Employment Law’s ‘Entrepreneurial Control’ Test,” and Saint Louis University Law professor Matthew Bodie will present “Independent Contractor Organizations.” Visit the conference website to view the complete agenda and to register.

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