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Update: President Obama Addresses The Problems With the Obamacare Exchanges

Oct 22, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Yesterday, President Obama addressed the challenges that have plagued the Obamacare health insurance exchanges since their launch on Oct. 1st. He made several key points and announcements: He emphasized that “the Affordable Care Act is not just a website.” He noted that “for 85 percent of Americans who already have health insurance through your employer or […]

What's Going On With the Obamacare Exchanges?

Oct 21, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

As we’ve covered, one of the biggest elements of Obamacare, the health insurance exchanges (also called marketplaces), launched on October 1st. Since then, reports have emerged of higher than expected interest but also serious technical problems, particularly with the federal healthcare.gov website. President Obama is scheduled to publicly address these challenges today, and the Administration […]

October 15, 2013
News & Commentary

Jordan M. Grossman

As the United States Government moves closer to the Thursday deadline to avert a default on its debts, the New York Times reports that Senate leaders have nearly reached a deal to avert the crisis. The Hill reports that one part of the tentative deal involves a delay in the Affordable Care Act’s reinsurance tax. The […]

Shutdown Update: How Are Workers Faring?

Oct 11, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

The federal government has been shut down for two weeks, and it is having major impacts on workers. Perhaps the most immediate concern, as the Miami Herald notes, is that Friday marks the first “post-shutdown paydays . . . for a large chunk of the federal workforce,” meaning “government employees are bracing for a sudden drop […]

Unions' Basic Rights at Issue in the Supreme Court

Oct 8, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Pema Levy at the International Business Times has a very interesting article exploring the importance of Harris and Mulhall to unions’ basic rights to organize and collect dues. Levy notes that lawyers and scholars across the ideological spectrum agree that these cases could be the most significant labor law cases in decades and might fundamentally reshape how unions operate.

October 6, 2013
News & Commentary

Jordan M. Grossman

In a major development regarding the shutdown of the federal government, the Washington Post reports that Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has ordered almost all of the Pentagon’s 350,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work this week because the workers are needed to support the readiness of the military. Approximately 450,000 of the federal government’s […]

The Significance of Harris and Mulhall

Oct 4, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Building on our recent coverage of Harris and Mulhall, Reuters has a good piece discussing the significance of these labor law cases, which the Supreme Court will hear this Term. The Reuters piece highlights our view that “‘[t]hese are cases that go to the heart of the legal regimes that are necessary to enable unionization.'” As we have […]

What Does "Changing Clothes" Mean, and Why Is It Important? An Explainer on Sandifer v. United States Steel Corporation

Oct 2, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

Sometimes, Supreme Court cases revolve around seemingly minor disputes that have the potential to have major repercussions. Sandifer v. United States Steel Corporation, on which the Supreme Court will hear arguments on November 4th, is one of those cases. Specifically, the question presented in the case is: what constitutes “changing clothes” within the meaning of section […]

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Federal Workers?

Oct 1, 2013 Jordan M. Grossman

The New York Times has published this helpful chart regarding which federal employees must still attend work during the government shutdown – because they are “essential to the protection of life and property and to national security” or fall under other exceptions – and which are instructed to stay home. More than 800,000 out of the […]

October 1, 2013
News & Commentary

Jordan M. Grossman

The Washington Post reports that the federal government shut down early this morning due to an impasse in Congress over the budget. The New York Times explains which federal employees continue to work and which employees must stay home. The Times reports on one likely casualty of the shutdown in particular: the scheduled Friday release […]

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Update: President Obama Addresses The Problems With the Obamacare Exchanges

What's Going On With the Obamacare Exchanges?

October 15, 2013

Shutdown Update: How Are Workers Faring?

Unions' Basic Rights at Issue in the Supreme Court

October 6, 2013

The Significance of Harris and Mulhall

What Does "Changing Clothes" Mean, and Why Is It Important? An Explainer on Sandifer v. United States Steel Corporation

How Will the Government Shutdown Affect Federal Workers?

October 1, 2013