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New Episode of Breached Podcast on Employment

Apr 25, 2018 Jyoti Jasrasaria

Today, Breached Podcast released a new episode exploring employment as a component of the social contract. The episode treats the NLRA as the foundation of the social contract between employees and employers and asks how changes in the nature of work provide both the impetus and opportunity to reshape our rights and obligations in the employment context. To answer […]

April 13, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation yesterday that is aimed at protecting public workers’ rights in advance of the Supreme Court’s potentially adverse ruling in Janus v. AFSCME Council 31. The new law allows unions to deny full benefits to workers that opt out and makes it easier for unions to receive dues. “Too […]

March 30, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Yesterday, President Trump made his first public appearance in five days, speaking with local workers in Richfield, Ohio. ABC News reports that he publicized his administration’s $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, expressing openness to a piecemeal approach in recognition of Congress’s lack of movement on the proposal. Richard Trumka, president of the A.F.L.-C.I.O., expressed his skepticism […]

March 21, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Bloomberg Law reports that congressional lawmakers are negotiating a funding bill for the government that would include a provision to calm controversy surrounding a proposed Department of Labor rule about pooling tips. The proposed DOL rule would reverse an Obama-era regulation stating that tips are the property of employees who earn them and cannot be […]

March 2, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Yesterday, President Trump announced that he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, effectively taxing every foreign shipment of those metals into the United States. The New York Times reports that the announcement was made despite strong pushback from American companies and foreign officials. Utah Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican and Chairman of the […]

February 16, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

Yesterday, the Senate rejected a White House immigration proposal that would have increased border security, placed new limits on legal migration like family-based immigration and the diversity visa lottery program, and provided a pathway to citizenship for 1.8 million Dreamers. The Senate also rejected two other immigration measures. Also yesterday, AirBnb cafeteria workers ratified a […]

Today’s News & Commentary — January 10, 2018

Jan 10, 2018 Jyoti Jasrasaria

Late yesterday, a federal district court judge in San Francisco issued a national injunction ordering the Trump administration to “maintain the DACA [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] program on a nationwide basis” while litigation over the program plays out. Therefore, previous DACA beneficiaries must be allowed to renew their status, though the government will not […]

January 8, 2018
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

The Boston Globe reports that employers struggling with the tight labor market are seeking out candidates that they may not have previously considered. For example, Shake Shack is hiring workers who speak little English; Spaulding Rehabilitation Network is placing those with criminal backgrounds; CVS is recruiting workers with disabilities; and others are lowering education and […]

December 11, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

In the new tax plan, “the amount you make may be less important than how you make it,” reports the New York Times. Both the House and Senate bills link tax rates to characteristics such as “ownership, day-to-day level of involvement, organizational structure or even occupation.” This income tax framework is unprecedented, and it would […]

November 27, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

The California Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling today in a lawsuit between Gerawan Farming and the United Farm Workers of America. At issue in the case is a 2002 state law allowing the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board to order mediation for unions and farming companies to reach binding contracts, the Associated […]

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