PROFESSOR PRINCE’S ARTICLE FEATURED ON THE WORKPLACE PROF BLOG
May 2022 — Professor Samantha Prince’s article, “The Shoe Is about to Drop for the Platform Economy: Understanding the Current Worker Classification Landscape in Preparation for a Changed World,” was featured on the Workplace Prof Blog on May 18, 2022.
Professor Prince’s article, which is published in the University of Memphis Law Review, is designed to be a compendium of the current state of worker classification laws. It starts with a segment on instabilities and health issues experienced by app-based workers. Then it covers the latest on worker classification laws around the world including the EU Commission's Proposed Directive. It then turns to tests that the U.S. is using, which include traditional tests and new tests from both the state and city levels. States are rapidly changing their stances in this space and Professor Prince’s article covers this movement.
Professor Jeffrey Hirsch from University of North Carolina School of Law highlighted the abstract of Professor Prince’s “very informative” article and urged readers to read it.
Professor Samantha Prince is an Assistant Professor of Law and Director of Legal Analysis and Writing at Dickinson Law. She has a Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center, and was a partner in a regional law firm where she handled transactional matters that ranged from an initial public offering to regular representation of a publicly-traded company. Most of her clients were small to medium sized businesses and entrepreneurs, including start-ups. A significant part of her practice was in employee benefits including retirement plan design and operation. An expert in entrepreneurship law, she established the Dickinson Law entrepreneurship program, is an advisor for the Entrepreneurship Law Certificate that is available to students, and is the founder and moderator of the Inside Entrepreneurship Law blog.