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April 3, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled that service advisers at car dealerships are not subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro et. al. Justice Thomas, writing for the majority, concluded that service advisors were salesmen based on the word’s ordinary meaning. The case was originally heard in 2016. […]

March 20, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

President Trump required senior white house employees to sign nondisclosure agreements in early 2017 the Washington Post reports. The agreement, which prohibits staffers from revealing confidential information and stipulates damages for breach of the agreement, is meant to extend beyond President Trump’s time in office. Per a draft of the agreement, staffers are prohibited from […]

March 11, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

On Friday, the Labor Department reported 313,000 new jobs in February. This is the largest single-month gain during the Trump presidency, and largest gain since July 2016. The unemployment rate remained at 4.1 percent, a 17-year low. The numbers are likely the result of robust job creation and a large work force. The raise in […]

March 6, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

On Monday, a test case about racial bias in hair testing began in a Boston district court. A black woman who applied for a job as a Boston police officer but was denied when her hair sample tested positive for cocaine and a group of black officers who claimed they were reprimanded or fired after […]

February 20, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

A district judge in the Northern District of California certified a class of Uber drivers in Dulberg v. Uber Technologies Inc. The breach of contract suit alleges that after the company implemented its upfront pricing feature, drivers were not paid adequate wages. Before upfront pricing, drivers were paid roughly 80% of the cost of a […]

February 6, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

Yesterday was the 25th Anniversary of the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act. The FMLA requires employers to provide eligible employees with 12 weeks of unpaid leave per year, with no threat of job loss. The Act also requires employers to provide covered employees with the same health benefits they would have had […]

January 28, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

This week, the Trump administration proposed demoting regional directors within the National Labor Relations Board. The proposal would force regional directors to report to more senior NLRB officials. These regional directors resolve approximately 85% of the cases filed with the agency each year. The policy change would likely result in more pro-employer outcomes in NLRB […]

January 14, 2018
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

The Trump administration has announced that millions of people will have to use a new Internal Revenue Service online calculator to make sure their new paychecks are accurate. This change comes in the wake of administration issuing guidelines for the implementation of the new tax law. The new calculator will be used to determine how […]

December 17, 2017
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

On Thursday, the F.C.C. voted to repeal net neutrality rules that prohibited broadband providers from charging more for better service or content, and from blocking access to certain content. The repeal is likely to radically change the online landscape. The F.C.C.’s decision also has far-reaching labor implications. Small business owners have continuously expressed concern about […]

December 3, 2017
News & Commentary

Kamika Shaw

On Saturday morning, the Senate passed the Republican tax bill. The bill is projected to amount to tax cuts of approximately $1.5 trillion over the next ten years. Supporters of the bill claim it will fuel economic growth and create jobs. Critics claim the wealthy are the bill’s sole beneficiaries, and that the deep cuts will […]

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OnLabor

Law. Workers. Organizing.

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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