A Union Default for the U.S.
Unions have traditionally had a strong levelling effect on incomes, transferring money from...
A Union Default for the U.S.
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The Classification of “Gig” Workers in Canadian Work Law
The Classification of “Gig” Workers in Canadian Work Law
The central legal conundrum for labor law when it encounters platform or ‘gig’ work is one of...
Sectoral Bargaining and Pandemics: Lessons from Uruguay
Sectoral Bargaining and Pandemics: Lessons from Uruguay
The U.S. meatpacking industry is providing some unfortunate lessons in how not to deal with a...
Temp Workers Face Greater Risk and Insecurity in COVID-19 Crisis
Temp Workers Face Greater Risk and Insecurity in COVID-19 Crisis
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, some of our most essential workers are temp workers. The...
The Trump NLRB Needs to be Removed
The Trump NLRB Needs to be Removed
That’s it. The Trump appointees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) need to be...
Paid Leave in the Time of Coronavirus: Lessons from Texas
Paid Leave in the Time of Coronavirus: Lessons from Texas
On Wednesday, Congress passed the first widespread federal paid sick leave mandate within its...
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...