Paid Leave in the Time of Coronavirus: Lessons from Texas
On Wednesday, Congress passed the first widespread federal paid sick leave mandate within its...
Paid Leave in the Time of Coronavirus: Lessons from Texas
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Neuro-Surveillance and the Right to be Human at Work
Neuro-Surveillance and the Right to be Human at Work
In 2018, the news reported that some assembly line workers had been asked to wear caps that...
Clean Slate for Worker Power, Through a Canadian Lens
Clean Slate for Worker Power, Through a Canadian Lens
A new report from Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program entitled Clean Slate for...
Why the DOL Should Keep its Hands Off of Worker Centers
Why the DOL Should Keep its Hands Off of Worker Centers
Recently Bloomberg reported that the Office of Labor Management Standards of the U.S....
Law and the Future of Gig Work in California: Problems and Potentials (Part 2)
Law and the Future of Gig Work in California: Problems and Potentials (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-part post on AB5. A concern that has been articulated about...
Law and the Future of Gig Work in California: Problems and Potentials (Part 1)
Law and the Future of Gig Work in California: Problems and Potentials (Part 1)
Last week, a coalition of 75 professors from across the country sent a letter to California lawmakers in support of AB5. AB5, which will soon be voted on in the California Senate, codifies the legal standard articulated in Dynamex v. Superior Court (2018) and extends it to all California employment laws. In Dynamex, the Court created a presumption of employee status and set forth a simplified legal standard (“ABC” test) for an entity attempting to classify workers as independent contractors.
This May Be the Worst Trump NLRB Decision Yet
This May Be the Worst Trump NLRB Decision Yet
If you rank the Trump National Labor Relations Board decisions by multiplying poor reasoning by...
SEIU Conditions 2020 Presidential Endorsement on Demand for “Unions for All”
SEIU Conditions 2020 Presidential Endorsement on Demand for “Unions for All”
Today in Milwaukee, the site of the upcoming Democratic National Convention, SEIU President...
Storm Clouds on the Horizon
Storm Clouds on the Horizon
The upcoming Supreme Court term is already brimming with consequential employment law issues on...
Alberta’s Newly Elected Government Looks to the U.S. for Inspiration on Labor Law Reform
Alberta’s Newly Elected Government Looks to the U.S. for Inspiration on Labor Law Reform
In April, Alberta elected the right-wing United Conservative Party (UCP) to a majority...
Just a Little Pique at the Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term
Just a Little Pique at the Supreme Court’s Most Recent Term
Here is a glimpse at the Supreme Court’s labor and employment decisions for the term that ended...
Héctor and Me
Héctor and Me
I first met Héctor Figueroa in the late 1980s. I was a young labor lawyer based in New York but...