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June 8, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

Testifying before a House of Representatives subcommittee, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta highlighted apprenticeships and job training. These topics also seem to be current priorities for President Trump. Secretary Acosta’s testimony predictably signaled efforts to change the overtime rule and the fiduciary rule (which we described here and here), both from the Obama era. In […]

Chipotle Lawsuit and the Overtime Rule

Jun 7, 2017 Sharon Block

A class of employees at Chipotle in New Jersey filed a lawsuit today seeking overtime pay under the Obama Administration’s rule that raised the overtime threshold to $47,476. The suit will test the scope of the injunction issued by a Texas district court in November. Chipotle had started paying the employees overtime but then stopped shortly […]

DOL Withdraws Weil Memos on Misclassification and Joint Employment

Jun 7, 2017 Benjamin Sachs

The Department of Labor announced today that it has withdrawn two memos (so-called Administrator’s Interpretations, or AIs) issued by David Weil’s Wage and Hour Division in 2015 and 2106. The first AI concerned the definition of employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act and helpfully clarified existing law regarding the distinction between employees and independent contractors. […]

Missing the Pointe: How Ballet Unionization Efforts Fall Short

Jun 7, 2017 Kamika S. Shaw

Intense athleticism may not be the first thing that comes to mind when an audience watches a ballerina pirouette across a stage. Making challenging movements look effortless and graceful is part of the job, but make no mistake: ballet can be just as demanding and just as dangerous as a professional sport. Allynne Noelle knows […]

June 6, 2017
News & Commentary

Raj Salhotra

Fewer American teenagers are looking for summer jobs, despite more employers looking to hire seasonal workers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) projects this summer’s teen workforce participation rate to be around 40% as compared with 70% in the late 1980s. The BLS has identified several potential causes for this drop-off including: (1) increased summer […]

June 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Vivian Dong

AT&T West, DirecTV West, and the Communications Workers of America, District 9 reached a tentative labor agreement on Friday. The labor agreement would cover 17,000 workers in California and Nevada for four years. This contract is the first union contract for DirecTV workers, as DirecTV was bought out by AT&T in 2015. The terms of […]

June 4, 2017
News & Commentary

Kamika S. Shaw

Last week, the Illinois State Senate voted to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 by 2022. The bill provides for an incremental wage increase over the course of five years. Currently, the state’s minimum wage is $8.25. Many low wage workers have praised the bill, but many smaller employers have expressed concern. While the […]

June 2, 2017
News & Commentary

Alexa Kissinger

British Airways’ cabin crew have announced they will hold a four-day strike later this month. This strike comes on the heels of an IT meltdown prompting the airline to strand 75,000 passengers at London’s Heathrow and Gatwick. The crew is striking over inferior pay and conditions, will walk out on June 16 over what they […]

Employment without an Exit

Jun 2, 2017 tgerstein

This post originally appeared on ACSblog. Terri Gerstein is a Leadership in Government Fellow, Open Society Foundations, a Fellow at the Harvard Labor and Worklife Program, and the former Labor Bureau Chief, Office of New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman A sandwich maker in a shop that’s part of a national chain. A cub […]

Gig News: NYC Drivers Group Accuses Lyft of Wage Theft

Jun 1, 2017 Adi Kamdar

Yesterday, a New York Assembly Member and the Independent Drivers Guild (IDG) called for an investigation into ride-hailing company Lyft for allegedly cheating drivers out of certain wages. They claim the company is deducting New York State sales taxes and a “Black Car Fund” surcharge on interstate rides, even though they are only supposed to […]

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