Punching In: NCAA Lawsuit Aims for Two Precedential Rulings (1)

Monday morning musings for workplace watchers.

NLRB Two for One|Retail Unionizing Widens

Robert Iafolla: The National Labor Relations Board case arguing college athletes are employees also seeks a change to labor law precedent that could help gig economy drivers, port truckers, and other workers who allege they’re misclassified as independent contractors.

The recent NLRB complaint against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Pac-12 Conference, and University of Southern California claims that trio jointly employs student football and basketball players, whom they illegally misclassified as “non-employee student-athletes.”

Winning that case would require the NLRB to rule that the act of misclassifying ...