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Students are not employees.

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jahewson|3 years ago

In 2016 the NLRB ruled that graduate students who teach are, in fact, employees. Note that they have the right to even form a union.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/08/2...

Edit: A slight twist on this is that Temple University is a public university and and the NLRB in theory does not have jurisdiction over other parts of the government. PA law, however, offers similar protection. This is off to court for sure.

stefan_|3 years ago

These are graduate students, who generally are and that do a large part of the teaching at any university.

thorncorona|3 years ago

When I was working for my uni I got a W-2.

thwayunion|3 years ago

Yes, but if you were a grad student your W-2 almost certainly didn't include your tuition rebate as part of your total income. And the university sure as hell didn't pay taxes on it.