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Joan C. Williams on the "class culture gap"

Nov 15, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Joan C. Williams has a new piece up at the Harvard Business Review on What So Many People Don’t Get About the U.S. Working Class. She predicts that the piece will be “so unpopular that [she] risk[s] making [her]self a pariah among [her] friends on the left coast,” and when you read the piece you can understand why […]

Picking the New Secretary of Labor: A Backgrounder on Victoria Lipnic

Nov 14, 2016 Alexa Kissinger

This post is part of a series on the candidates we understand to be under consideration for Secretary of Labor. Victoria Lipnic, now in her second term as an EEOC Commissioner, was one of the 15 recess appointments President Obama made in the spring of 2010. Her reappointment to the Commission was unanimously confirmed by […]

Filling the Cabinet: Candidates for Secretary of Labor

Nov 14, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Over the next few days, OnLabor will run a series of backgrounder posts on the candidates we understand to be under consideration for Secretary of Labor. We start today with Victoria Lipnic, an EEOC Commissioner, who according to several published accounts is the leading contender. Coming soon: Scott Walker.

Would Earlier Implementation of the New Overtime Rule Have Changed the Election Outcome?

Nov 14, 2016 Andrew Strom

Since the Presidential election was so close, it’s very tempting to engage in thought experiments about how different actions might have changed the outcome. And for all of Hillary Clinton’s flaws as a candidate, exit polls suggest that the election can be viewed as a referendum on the Obama Administration. For instance, 63% of the […]

Who Will be Trump's Sec. of Labor?

Nov 9, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Politico has a piece up on possible cabinet nominees. Here’s what they say about Labor: Labor secretary As with many Cabinet posts under Trump, the campaign and transition staff have been looking for a CEO or executive to lead the Labor Department. One name being bandied about is Victoria Lipnic, commissioner of the Equal Employment […]

Paid Time Off to Vote

Nov 7, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Bloomberg Law has a terrific map showing where paid time off is available for voting and where it is not: Is your employer required to give you time off to vote tomorrow? https://t.co/I6HOPFyoLH #ElectionDay #Election2016 pic.twitter.com/ZNzlHIaK31 — Bloomberg Law (@BloombergLaw) November 7, 2016 The full article is behind a paywall.

Far Better than an Injunction: Philly Strike Settles

Nov 7, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

Avoiding the need for an injunction showdown, SEPTA and the Transport Workers Union have reached a tentative settlement ensuring that public transit will be operational in Philadelphia on election day. The union’s website announced this morning “Tentative Agreement Reached. We are Off Strike.” According to SEPTA: [T]his agreement is fair to our employees, and to the fare-paying customers […]

SEPTA Hearing: Balancing the Right to Vote and the Right to Strike

Nov 5, 2016 Benjamin Sachs

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has, as promised, sought a court order to enjoin the strike that has shut down public transit in Philadelphia. On Friday, the court declined to issue an immediate order but scheduled a hearing on Monday to decide the question prior to election day. In my view, a narrow injunction – one focused on […]

Workers, the Courts, and the Election

Nov 3, 2016 Andrew Strom

Many people across the political spectrum have highlighted the importance of this year’s Presidential election to the future of the Supreme Court. Also at stake in the Presidential election is the composition of the lower federal courts. And since judicial appointments require Senate confirmation, control of the Senate is almost as important as winning the […]

Gig News: NLRB Sides With Uber Drivers in Challenge of Class Action Waivers

Nov 2, 2016 Jon Weinberg

In a significant court filing with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the National Labor Relations Board has backed Uber drivers challenging the validity of driver arbitration clauses with class action waivers, and signaled that the legality of such clauses is an issue of “national significance.” The Ninth Circuit is currently considering in, O’Connor v. Uber, the enforceability of […]

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