In response to the California legislature’s passage of Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a bill that largely codifies the California Supreme Court’s decision last year in Dynamex Operations West, Uber is claiming that it will continue to classify its workers as independe... More »
This post concludes our review of the amicus briefs submitted in support of the employers in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. We will provide coverage of oral argument on October 8. Conservative Legal and Policy Organizations A group of family policy-focused organi... More »
Today we continue our review of the amicus briefs submitted in support of the employers in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. Businesses and Executives The H.T. Hackney Co., an American wholesale distributor facing a sexual orientation discrimination lawsuit of its o... More »
Yesterday we reviewed the opening briefs for the employers in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. Today we begin summarizing the amicus briefs submitted in support. Amicus Briefs Religious Groups, Institutions, and Individuals The Council for Christian Colleges and Un... More »
On October 8 the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. OnLabor previously summarized the opening and amicus ... More »
20,000 AT&T workers across the Southeast are on strike after the company allegedly committed unfair labor practices in bargaining (or not bargaining) a new contract. The Communications Workers of America, the union representing the workers, says that the ... More »
On Friday, the National Labor Relations Board held in Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation that the employees of a property’s contractor or licensee do not have the same access rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act as the employe... More »
Two former Jones Day associates, a married couple, filed suit against the firm alleging various forms of discrimination, retaliation, and interference. They first allege that the firm’s parental leave policy providing 10 weeks of paid leave to biological pare... More »
Tuesday night’s Democratic primary debate featured a vigorous exchange over whether union members would abandon the Democrats if the party endorsed Medicare for All. Representative Tim Ryan said that such a plan “will tell the union members that give away wag... More »
House Democrats are expected to pass the Raise the Wage Act today after overcoming opposition from within party ranks. The bill would gradually raise the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour by 2024. Once the minimum ... More »
This post concludes our review of the amicus briefs submitted in support of the LGBTQ employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris. We will summarize the opening and amicus briefs submitted in support of the employers when those briefs are available at the end of A... More »
The LGBTQ employees in Bostock, Zarda, and Harris also received amicus support from academics and religious organizations. Scholars and Academics A group of historians argue that the public meaning of sex discrimination in the first decade after Title VII’s en... More »
September 12th, 2019