What’s the Deal with Tipping?
The institution of tipping has recently evoked a firestorm of criticism. Opponents of tipping...
What’s the Deal with Tipping?
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Power At Work: Mass Incarceration’s Shadow
Power At Work: Mass Incarceration’s Shadow
What does mass incarceration have to do with labor law? I suggest some new and disturbing...
Pay Transparency at Work: The Great Equalizer?
Pay Transparency at Work: The Great Equalizer?
“Pay secrecy fosters discrimination and we should not tolerate it.” So declared President Obama...
Engaged in the “Practice of Law” – The Future of Contract Attorneys under the FLSA
Engaged in the “Practice of Law” – The Future of Contract Attorneys under the FLSA
Looking to save costs on large-scale document review projects, law firms often turn to...
Guest Post: 2016 Steps Forward on Joint Employer Liability
Guest Post: 2016 Steps Forward on Joint Employer Liability
Jennifer (JJ) Rosenbaum (@RosenbaumJJ) is a Robina Foundation Visiting Human Rights Fellow at...
Combating Wage Theft: Mechanics’ Liens and the California Fair Day’s Pay Act
Combating Wage Theft: Mechanics’ Liens and the California Fair Day’s Pay Act
The working poor need more than an increase in the minimum wage. They need effective...
Guest Post: N.L.R.B.'s Browning-Ferris Decision Could Reshape Contract and Franchise Labor
Guest Post: N.L.R.B.'s Browning-Ferris Decision Could Reshape Contract and Franchise Labor
Catherine Fisk is Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine. In the...
“Free” Labor: The systemic implications of prison labor
“Free” Labor: The systemic implications of prison labor
This is Part Four of the four-part series “Free” Labor. The past three posts have introduced...
“Free” Labor: The Law of Prison Labor
“Free” Labor: The Law of Prison Labor
This is Part Three of a four-part series. Part One gave a description of a recent prison...
“Free” Labor: Past and present forms of prison labor
“Free” Labor: Past and present forms of prison labor
This is Part Two of a four-part series. Part One gave a description of a recent prison uprising...
"Free" Labor: An Introduction
"Free" Labor: An Introduction
This post is the first in a four-part series. On the morning of February 20, 2015, a large...
McDonald's Employer Status
McDonald's Employer Status
Among the sillier claims in the debate over whether McDonald's is a joint employer of its...