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Regulating Guns in the Workplace

Mar 29, 2017 Kamika S. Shaw

This January, Ohio adopted a firearm regulation commonly referred to as a parking lot law. The law’s core provision prevents both private and public employers from enforcing workplace policies that prohibit employees with concealed carry permits from keeping their firearms in their cars while in employer parking lots. Ohio’s law is not the first of […]

The Right to Disconnect

Mar 7, 2017 Maia Usui

In the digitally connected workplace, it’s not easy to be “off the clock.” Email — coupled with the widespread use of smartphones — has made many employees available at a moment’s notice. In the United States, one in three full-time workers check their work email “frequently” outside of normal working hours. Many report checking their […]

Early to Bed, Early to Rise? Corporate Wellness Policies May Not Be Wise

Jun 20, 2016 Heidi Liu

In April, the insurance company Aetna announced that it would pay their employees to sleep. Specifically, for every 20 consecutive nights that workers sleep 7 or more hours, workers are paid $25, up to $300 per year. As part of Aetna’s broader initiative to combat sleep deprivation – inspired by the CEO’s personal exposure with […]

The Safety of Taxi and Rideshare Drivers – Part 2: OSHA's Response

Jun 2, 2016 Abbey Q. Keister

This is the second part of a 2-post examination of driver safety in both the taxi and ridesharing spheres. Part 1, which contains an extensive list of unsettling incidents that have threatened the safety of ridesharing drivers, makes it pretty clear that increasing driver safety is (or should be) a pressing concern. This post will […]

The Safety of Taxi and Rideshare Drivers – Part 1: Heightened Concerns

May 31, 2016 Abbey Q. Keister

This is the first part of a 2-part post. Part 1 will highlight the heightened safety concerns that come along with being a taxi driver and examine anecdotal evidence raising similar concerns for workers who drive for ridesharing companies. Part 2 will examine the steps that OSHA has taken to protect drivers in the taxi […]

Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo: Not All Representative Evidence is Made Equal

May 23, 2016 Edward Nasser

In Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo, decided on March 22nd, the Supreme Court held favorably for thousands of workers in an opinion that limits the sweeping Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes decision of 2011. As noted recently on this blog, courts have become increasingly hostile to collective action, but this case, along with Campbell-Ewold Company v. Gomez, […]

Prosecution of Workplace Health and Safety Violations: The Sentencing of Donald Blankenship

May 9, 2016 Melissa Greenberg

In April of this year, District Court Judge Irene C. Berger sentenced Donald Blankenship, the former CEO of Massey Energy Company (Massey) to one year in prison and ordered him to pay a fine of $250,000 for conspiring to violate mine safety standards. Massey owned Upper Big Branch mine, where six years ago an explosion […]

The Modeling Industry Needs a Makeover. A Bill in CA Offers Hope.

Apr 5, 2016 Sara Ziff

A girl walks into a job interview. After engaging in some small talk with her prospective employer, she is asked to undress and perform a sexual act right then and there. Outrageously inappropriate? Yes. Illegal sexual harassment within the modeling industry? Sadly, not yet. A friend of mine who is a former model allegedly experienced […]

Is Trump's Modeling Agency Flouting Immigration and Employment Agency Law?

Mar 15, 2016 Sara Ziff

This post is part of a series on labor rights and health and safety issues in the fashion industry. Twenty-two year old Jamaican model Alexia Palmer is suing Donald Trump’s modeling agency, Trump Models, which she claims treated her “like a slave” since bringing her to New York at age 17. “I was very excited because all the […]

The Safe Haven That’s Not So Safe

Mar 8, 2016 Lauren Godles

The New York Times and This American Life recently collaborated to publish two harrowing accounts of Alan Pean, a hospital patient in Houston, Texas. Pean went to the hospital seeking medical attention during a manic episode and was held overnight. When he became delusional, singing and dancing naked in his room, the nurse called for […]

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Regulating Guns in the Workplace

The Right to Disconnect

Early to Bed, Early to Rise? Corporate Wellness Policies May Not Be Wise

The Safety of Taxi and Rideshare Drivers – Part 2: OSHA's Response

The Safety of Taxi and Rideshare Drivers – Part 1: Heightened Concerns

Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo: Not All Representative Evidence is Made Equal

Prosecution of Workplace Health and Safety Violations: The Sentencing of Donald Blankenship

The Modeling Industry Needs a Makeover. A Bill in CA Offers Hope.

Is Trump's Modeling Agency Flouting Immigration and Employment Agency Law?

The Safe Haven That’s Not So Safe