Catherine Fisk is Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine and an OnLabor Senior Contributor. Erwin Chemerinsky is Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Although some say th... More »
The use of non-compete clauses in the United States is fairly widespread. Recent research suggests that 18 percent of all workers, or nearly 30 million people, are covered by non-compete agreements. These agreements are, at least in theory, primarily intended ... More »
The United States Trade Representative touts the Trans Pacific Partnership as having “the strongest protections for workers of any trade agreement in history.” On paper at least, the Trade Representative is probably correct about the TPP. The TPP requires th... More »
As Brian Mahoney reports this morning, the Institute for Policy Studies has a new report out on economic inequality. Here’s one of the report’s staggering findings: America’s 20 wealthiest people — a group that could fit comfortably in one single ... More »
Overview This post details a recent development in the jurisprudence of mandatory arbitration agreements that requires an employer’s mandatory arbitration policy to unambiguously communicate the fact that the policy does not prohibit employees from bring... More »
The results of our Reader Poll show Harris v. Quinn topping the list, followed immediately by the fast food campaign, as the biggest labor developments of 2014. We asked a few readers to offer their views on why these developments ranked the highest. Below ar... More »
The results of our reader poll are in! We asked: What were the biggest developments in labor law in the past year? Our readers answered that Harris v. Quinn and the fast food campaign are the biggest developments. We’ll have some discussion of these t... More »
Our reader poll on the biggest developments in labor law in the past year is closing at noon today — get your votes in now! And see what some labor leaders have chosen so far. More »
This post has been updated below. We’ll continue to update this post throughout the week with more input from leading labor voices. As our reader poll continues, we wanted to share the votes of some leading labor voices. You can click here to add your ... More »
Looking back on 2014, it is clear that this has been (for better and worse) a major year in labor. From the Supreme Court to Chattanooga, TN, and from Northwestern football to McDonald’s restaurants, a lot has happened. Here at OnLabor, we’re int... More »
The threat of the Ebola virus remains at large in Western Africa, and the disease is impacting healthcare workers in Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone. In early November, hundreds of health workers involved in treating Ebola patients went on strike at a clinic... More »
Yesterday, Dissent Magazine‘s “Belabored” series interviewed Ben Sachs about Harris v. Quinn. The full podcast is available here, and the discussion of Harris v. Quinn begins at minute 7:00. We’ve covered Harris v. Quinn extensively &#... More »