Sectoral Approach for Domestic Workers
This week, Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Pramila Jayapal introduced the National...
Sectoral Approach for Domestic Workers
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Advocating for a Workers’ Advocate
Advocating for a Workers’ Advocate
With gridlock in Congress the norm for the foreseeable future, the federal regulatory process...
The DOL’s Proposed Joint Employer Rule: Frances Perkins Would not be Pleased
The DOL’s Proposed Joint Employer Rule: Frances Perkins Would not be Pleased
On April 1, 2019, the U.S. DOL proposed a new interpretation of joint employer liability under...
State and Local Enforcement: Stepping Up and Filling In on Workers’ Rights
State and Local Enforcement: Stepping Up and Filling In on Workers’ Rights
The picture for robust protection of workers’ rights at the federal level is not a pretty one...
Today’s News & Commentary — August 29, 2018
Today’s News & Commentary — August 29, 2018
The prison strike enters day nine, as the estimated 900,000 incarcerated laborers (out of a...
Weekend News & Commentary — August 25–26, 2018
Weekend News & Commentary — August 25–26, 2018
On Saturday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. District Court for the District of...
Weekend News & Commentary — June 9 – 10, 2018
Weekend News & Commentary — June 9 – 10, 2018
Starting tomorrow, no Costco employee will earn below $14 an hour. While some locations...
Are Worker Centers Democratic?: Revisiting the “Labor Organization” Question
Are Worker Centers Democratic?: Revisiting the “Labor Organization” Question
The Department of Labor is currently investigating several worker centers to determine whether...
Weekend News & Commentary — May 19–20, 2018
Weekend News & Commentary — May 19–20, 2018
Cornell University violated the National Labor Relations Act in March of 2017, but Cornell...
The Case for Tipping and Unrestricted Tip Pooling
The Case for Tipping and Unrestricted Tip Pooling
n January 11, 2018, Jon Nash of Emory University School of Law and I submitted comments to the Department of Labor (“DOL”) on its proposed regulation regarding the freedom of employers that pay direct cash wages of at least the Federal minimum wage and do not take a tip credit to engage in the pooling of tips, even among employees who are not customarily and regularly tipped. We are also publishing a forthcoming article on the very subject of the proposed regulation, Samuel Estreicher & Jonathan Remy Nash, The Case for Tipping and Unrestricted Tip Pooling: Promoting Intrafirm Cooperation, 59 Boston College Law Review (Issue No.1, Jan. 2018). Our comments make the following principal points:
Today’s News & Commentary — November 1, 2017
Today’s News & Commentary — November 1, 2017
The Independent Drivers Guild launched its own open enrollment campaign to raise awareness of...
Weekend News & Commentary — July 22-23, 2017
Weekend News & Commentary — July 22-23, 2017
On Friday, fifteen civil and human rights leaders published a letter to José Muñoz, chairman of...