The central concept underlying access to employment rights is based on a binary divide between contract of service (the employee) and contract for services (independent contractor). New classifications of work relationships have however been added over time. These new categories do not sit...

This Article simultaneously exposes a fundamental error in employment termination doctrine and a paradox in contract law jurisprudence. Contemporary employment law has developed under the assumption that at-will parties may terminate their relationship both without reason and without notice....