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October 26, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

While the U.S. Department of Justice filed a brief to the Supreme Court this week arguing that Title VII’s workplace discrimination protections do not extend explicitly to transgender or transitioning workers, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s Acting Chair Victoria Lipnic said the agency has no plans to stop enforcing the law based on its more […]

October 25, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

In a brief to the Supreme Court yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice argued that Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination on the basis of sex does not protect workers against discrimination on the basis of transgender identity or transitioning status. The brief was filed in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari filed […]

October 11, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that it is extending its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program by six months. The program protects employers from enforcement action resulting from federal wage-and-hour violations if they work in good faith with the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) to correct their errors. POLITICO reports that at least nine […]

September 27, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

Yesterday the board of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey voted to approve a minimum pay rate of $19 an hour for around 40,000 workers at JFK, La Guardia, and Newark Liberty International Airports. The board was originally scheduled to vote on the proposal this summer, but the vote was moved to […]

September 13, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

On September 18, McDonald’s employees at restaurants in ten cities will go on strike for one day in an effort to force McDonald’s management to confront sexual harassment in the workplace. Walkout planning has been led by “women’s committees” at dozens of McDonald’s locations, and hundreds of employees have attended meetings. Some of the strike’s […]

August 30, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

A new Gallup poll finds that Americans’ support for labor unions continues to remain high at 62 percent approval. This year’s level of support is the highest since 2003, when 65 percent of Americans approved of organized labor, and is on par with last year’s 61 percent figure. The same poll indicates that 39 percent […]

Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 3 of 3)

Aug 20, 2018 Jared Odessky

Last week we summarized the briefs submitted by petitioner New Prime Inc. and respondent Dominic Oliveira in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, as well as the briefs submitted by amici curiae for New Prime. Today we examine the briefs submitted by amicus curiae for Oliveira. Amicus Briefs for Oliveira The American Association for Justice explains that when the American Federation of Labor […]

August 19, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

In today’s Sunday Review for The New York Times, economic historian Louis Hyman argues that new technology companies like Uber and TaskRabbit did not create the gig economy but only took advantage of a decades-long shift to temporary work arrangements. He analogizes the current historical moment to the Industrial Revolution. While new factory technology reflected […]

Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 2 of 3)

Aug 17, 2018 Jared Odessky

Yesterday we summarized the briefs submitted by petitioner New Prime Inc. and respondent Dominic Oliveira in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, the latest case before the Supreme Court to address the extent of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA)’s reach in the employment context. Today we summarize the briefs submitted by amici curiae for New Prime, and […]

Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 1 of 3)

Aug 16, 2018 Jared Odessky

On October 3 the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, the first arbitration case before the justices since they decided Epic Systems in May. Today we recap the briefs submitted this summer by petitioner New Prime Inc. and respondent Dominic Oliveira. Tomorrow we will summarize the briefs submitted by […]

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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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Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 3 of 3)

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Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 2 of 3)

Brief Round-up for New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira (Part 1 of 3)