About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

3 Lab. Law. 873 (1987)
Joint Employer, Single Employer, and Alter Ego

handle is hein.journals/lablaw3 and id is 889 raw text is: 873 Joint Employer, Single Employer, and Alter Ego Walter V. Siebert Sherman & Howard Denver, Colorado N. Dawn Webber Sherman & Howard Denver, Colorado I. Introduction The permutations of employer/employee status, whether separate entities may be considered as one employer and whether an employer's right to subcontract and use contract labor, are currently highly de- bated issues in labor-management relations. Recently, some unusual developments have occurred. For example, a group of construction workers went on strike to achieve lower wages in order to prevent their work from being transferred to non-union crews. Many large American companies such as USX have been willing to endure long strikes or to lock out union members to preserve their right to contract out work. A large unionized bus line sold out to an entity known for its non-union stance because it could not reduce labor costs. The hot debate on these issues has been engendered by changes in our economy as well as some changes in labor law that are arguably more beneficial to employers. Employers facing the challenge to run leaner operations have realized that there is a substantial financial ben- efit in having non-employees perform certain parts of their labor. Ac- cording to one economist, Peter Drucker, the trend toward increased production using a declining number of laborers is worldwide and is ir- reversible.! Drucker states that it is not the American economy that is being de-industrialized, but that it is the American labor force. He pre- dicts that in twenty-five years the United States will employ at most ten percent of its labor force in blue collar manufacturing jobs. He states: If a company, an industry or country does not in the next quarter cen- tury sharply increase manufacturing production and at the same time sharply reduce the blue collar workforce, it can not hope to remain 1. Drucker, The Changed World Economy, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 768 (Spring 1986).

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most