Cynthia Estlund’s three-part series After Work: Automation and Employment Law has been translated and is now available in Chinese on U.S. Labor Law Observation. Read the original post here. More »
The United Auto Workers announced Tuesday that employees at a Nissan plant in Mississippi have filed a petition for a union election. The New York Times reports that the U.A.W. has been working to unionize the plant since 2012 and criticized, in a statement, ... More »
In the wake of CEO Travis Kalanick’s resignation last week, Uber is pleading with its employees to stay on with the company. According to the Wall Street Journal, some Uber employees are considering leaving the company after the tumultuous last few months; ot... More »
This Father’s Day, is it time to challenge our assumptions when it comes to parental leave? Derek Rotondo thinks it is. Rotondo, a JP Morgan employee, was denied parental leave because the company presumed his wife would be the primary caregi... More »
Lawmakers are moving to reform the H1-B visa program, a hotly contested temporary visa program for specialized workers. According to Politico, Senator Chuck Grassley met with Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta Thursday to discuss the program. In the past, Gras... More »
Democratic lawmakers, led by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, have pledged to increase the minimum wage to $15 within the first 100 hours if Democrats take back control of the House in 2018. According to Politico, Pelosi endorsed a $15 minimum wage back in... More »
France voted yesterday to elect Emmanuel Macron as its next President, defeating far-right nationalist candidate Marine Le Pen in a run-off election. As the New York Times notes, this is good news for the European Union, as Ms. Le Pen’s victory would have thr... More »
The National Labor Relations Board has recommended that a new election be held for Harvard graduate students who sought to unionize last November, according to the Harvard Crimson. The Board found that Harvard had not complied with requirements to provide a l... More »
In a statement yesterday, Google denied the Department of Labor’s recent allegations of systematic pay disparities, stating that “[e]very year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap,” and challengin... More »
In a statement yesterday, Google denied the Department of Labor’s recent allegations of systematic pay disparities, stating that “[e]very year, we do a comprehensive and robust analysis of pay across genders and we have found no gender pay gap,” and challengin... More »
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka announced the federation’s opposition to the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch on Thursday, reports Politico. Last week, Gorsuch faced questioning from Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee for past dec... More »
According to the Wall Street Journal, Senate democrats are raising concerns about the integrity and independence of statistics release by the Department of Labor under President Trump, such as as the monthly jobs report and consumer price index. Senator Patty... More »