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August 25, 2022
News & Commentary

Miriam Shestack

The Biden administration released the final version of regulations intended to protect the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program against legal challenges on Wednesday. DACA, which originated with a 2012 memo by the Obama administration, offers protection from deportation and the ability to work legally to some 600,000 undocumented young people who came to […]

Farmworker Overtime Benefits

Mar 14, 2022 Sara Tsai

The Current Overtime Threshold for Farmworkers On January 28, 2022, the New York Farm Laborer Wage Board made a landmark decision to lower the current 60-hour overtime threshold for farm workers to 40 hours. Workers start earning time-and-a-half pay for hours worked in excess of the OT threshold. Beginning in 2024, the threshold would decrease […]

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part II

Mar 11, 2022 Priya Kamath

This post is the second of a two-part series that addresses caste discrimination in American workplaces. Part I discussed the history of the Indian caste system and how caste discrimination may surface in American workplaces. Part II, below, describes where caste may fit in existing U.S. anti-discrimination doctrine, proposals for reform, and recent developments. Caste […]

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part I

Mar 4, 2022 Priya Kamath

This post is the first of a two-part series that addresses caste discrimination in American workplaces. Part I, below, discusses the history of the Indian caste system and how caste discrimination may surface in American workplaces. Part II describes where caste may fit in existing anti-discrimination doctrine, proposals for reform, and recent developments. Setting the […]

The New DHS Memoranda: A Humane New Approach to Undocumented Workers

Jan 3, 2022 Jasmine Loo

A History of Violence and Enforcement against Undocumented Workers Undocumented workers have been enduring a rollercoaster of sharply contrasting immigration policies over the past twenty-odd years. However, the Biden administration’s decisive and early actions on immigration reform are giving immigrants hope. In 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, […]

October 13, 2021
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

On Tuesday, former Apple employee Ashley Gjovik filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleging that certain company policies and statements from management that restrict disclosure of internal company information violate federal labor laws. At issue are several provisions in Apple’s employee handbook that allegedly bar disclosing “business information,” speaking to reporters, […]

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

May 10, 2021 Juan Espinoza Muñoz

Carlos has dark brown hair parted neatly to the side, glasses over wise brown eyes, and arms folded over a sturdy build of more than 40 years working in the hospitality industry of Palm Springs. He wears a light blue polo shirt, and an American flag mask as we talk at his kitchen table. It’s […]

January 17, 2021
News & Commentary

Nikita Rumsey

Some 6,000 front-line workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama will vote by mail in February and March on whether to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, the NLRB said Friday. The NLRB rejected Amazon’s push to hold the election in-person, citing safety concerns in light of COVID-19. Ballots will be mailed […]

April 6, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

On Sunday, the Department of Labor issued new guidance clarifying gig workers’ eligibility for unemployment benefits under the CARES Act—the federal government’s coronavirus relief package. The guidance answers some key questions about the administrability of these benefits. For instance, some worried about the lack of clarity about whether, and to what extent, states should verify […]

March 20, 2020
News & Commentary

Minnie Che

The agriculture industry is facing labor shortages at farms and food processors as a result of covid-19. The U.S. Embassy in Mexico has announced that it would suspend visa processing for Mexican guest workers, which will prevent seasonal and migrant agriculture workers to enter the United States through the H-2A visa program. American agriculture producers […]

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August 25, 2022

Farmworker Overtime Benefits

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part II

Fighting Workplace Caste Discrimination: An Explainer — Part I

The New DHS Memoranda: A Humane New Approach to Undocumented Workers

October 13, 2021

At-will employment is a pandemic tragedy for older workers

January 17, 2021

April 6, 2020

March 20, 2020