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Pensions v 401(k)s: An Illinois Case Study

May 26, 2017 Kezmen Clifton

Illinois’ pension liability is estimated to stand at more than $130 billion. The reason behind Illinois’ ever-growing pension liability is one of debate. Some attribute the deficit to legislators voting on pension bills they didn’t fully understand. Others argue that politicians chose to kick the pension ball down the road to avoid raising taxes or […]

Sign of the Times?

May 25, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

Notable that as commentators in the U.S. call for a move from enterprise to sectoral-level bargaining, relying in part on the the French example, France’s new President wants his country to move from sectoral to enterprise-level bargaining.

Workers Need a Bill of Rights

May 24, 2017 Andrew Strom

Except for about a month in the summer of 2009 when the Democrats had 60 votes in the Senate, for the entire twenty-first century any proposal to substantially increase workers’ rights at the national level has had to be prefaced by the comment that, “of course, this is not politically feasible now.” But rather than […]

Alito on Work-Life Balance

May 22, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

In an interview published last week in Seminarian Casual, Justice Alito offered some important remarks about work-life balance. Asked how he has managed to balance “work and family life,” Alito answered: I have been fortunate to have jobs that allowed me to control my work schedule to a very great degree. As an appellate judge, I have […]

Service Animals and Employee Mental Health

May 22, 2017 Karim Lakhani

Mental health conditions are a growing concern for a number of veterans. According to the Rand Center for Military Health Policy Research, about 20% of veterans that have served in Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from a mental health issue, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Leon Laferriere is one such veteran. His PTSD and […]

Can job applicants bring disparate impact claims under the ADEA?

May 19, 2017 Karim Lakhani

Americans are living and working longer than in previous generations. Over the last ten years, the over 45-year-old work force has grown dramatically, from 31.7% of the country’s workforce in 1996 to 39% in 2006 and 44.3% last year. The percentage is expected to grow even larger, as the number of American workers over the […]

A Blueprint for Progressive Federalism: Washington State’s Portable Benefits Bill

May 17, 2017 Maia Usui

The gig economy has been coming under a lot of fire lately. Last month, The New Yorker skewered Lyft and other businesses for their grueling work culture, running the headline: “The Gig Economy Celebrates Working Yourself to Death.” It pointed to the cautionary tale of Mary, a Lyft driver who — nine months into her […]

Do Workers Realize How Much Collective Bargaining Scares Employers?

May 16, 2017 Andrew Strom

In February, teaching fellows in eight departments at Yale University voted in favor of union representation. Rather than bargain with the teaching fellows’ union, Yale has insisted upon first exhausting its appeals, apparently hoping that Donald Trump’s yet-to-be-named appointees to the National Labor Relations Board will come to its rescue. In the meantime, some of […]

Guest Post: Curtis Ellis Considered to Lead the Bureau of International Labor Affairs

May 15, 2017 Sharon Block

Bloomberg/BNA’s Ben Penn is reporting that the White House is considering appointing Curtis Ellis to lead the Bureau of International Labor Affairs at the Department of Labor. Ellis, a Steve Bannon associate, has written that he believes progressives “literally” want the death of white working people and that the Obama Administration sought to “liquidate” American […]

Equal Pay [for Teens] for Equal Work

May 15, 2017 Suzanne Schlossberg

Tyeshawn Clark,[1] is a 17-year-old high school student who lives with his mom and 2-year-old brother in Dorchester, MA. Every day after school Tyeshawn works at the Transformative Culture Project, a job placement he found through the Boston Private Industry Council, an employment program at his high school. This is the third job for Tyeshawn, […]

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Pensions v 401(k)s: An Illinois Case Study

Sign of the Times?

Workers Need a Bill of Rights

Alito on Work-Life Balance

Service Animals and Employee Mental Health

Can job applicants bring disparate impact claims under the ADEA?

A Blueprint for Progressive Federalism: Washington State’s Portable Benefits Bill

Do Workers Realize How Much Collective Bargaining Scares Employers?

Guest Post: Curtis Ellis Considered to Lead the Bureau of International Labor Affairs

Equal Pay [for Teens] for Equal Work