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Amy Maurer is a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.

Sleeping to the Top: Recognizing a Sex-Based Stereotype

Jul 8, 2019 Amy Maurer

In February, the Fourth Circuit ruled on Parker v. Reema Consulting Services., holding that rumors in the workplace that a female manager received a series of promotions because she was sleeping with a male manager constituted sexual harassment under Title VII. The court based this ruling on the finding that there exists a persistent and […]

The Fight for Fair Pay in New York’s Home Healthcare Industry

Jun 25, 2019 Amy Maurer

Home healthcare workers provide essential care to some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Despite the important services these workers provide, jobs in the home care industry are generally characterized by low pay and difficult working conditions. On March 26, the New York State Court of Appeals, issued its decision in the joint […]

A Changing Landscape for Marijuana in the Workplace

Jun 10, 2019 Amy Maurer

While 33 states have legalized medical marijuana, the drug remains illegal under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). Under the CSA, the possession, distribution, manufacture, and sale of marijuana are illegal. As the number of states with medical marijuana laws has grown, courts are forced to reckon with questions around conflicting state and federal laws. Medical marijuana […]

Writers v. Agents: A Fight that Could Change Hollywood

May 13, 2019 Amy Maurer

The Writers Guild of America (WGA) and the Association of Talent Agents (ATA) are currently engaged in a dispute over conflicts of interest that has the potential to completely change how the entertainment industry operates. The WGA is a union representing 13,000 writers across the country, with a focus on representing writers in film and […]

OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

OnLabor is a blog devoted to workers, unions, and their politics. We interpret our subject broadly to include the current crisis in the traditional union movement (why union decline is happening and what it means for our society); the new and contested forms of worker organization that are filling the labor union gap; how work ought to be structured and managed; how workers ought to be represented and compensated; and the appropriate role of government — all three branches — in each of these issues.

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Sleeping to the Top: Recognizing a Sex-Based Stereotype

The Fight for Fair Pay in New York’s Home Healthcare Industry

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Writers v. Agents: A Fight that Could Change Hollywood