Today’s News & Commentary — September 14, 2021
Missouri public employees' unions continue to struggle against the governor's office for collective bargaining. In 2018, former Governor Eric Greitens signed a law that gave meager raises in exchange for changing the states' merit hiring system, effectively...
Today’s News & Commentary—September 13, 2021
The House Ways and Means Committee circulated a proposal that would raise $2.9 trillion in revenue as congressional Democrats continue to debate the scope of their signature spending package, the Washington Post reports. Much of that would come from tax increases...
The Strike Zone—September 13, 2021
With the wide distribution of the vaccine, new COVID-19 protocols negotiated by the professional leagues and their union counterparts are drawing a stark line between vaccinated and unvaccinated players. In the NBA, unvaccinated players are subject to a host of...
Weekend News & Commentary – September 12, 2021
Six U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), have called on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate allegations that Amazon.com Inc. fails to make adequate provisions for pregnant employees at its...
Today’s News & Commentary—September 10, 2021
On Thursday, Biden announced plans for a monumental vaccine mandate that could apply to as many as 100 million Americans. Under the mandate, employers with more than 100 workers will need to either be vaccinated or else face weekly testing; businesses will also be...
Today’s News & Commentary — September 9, 2021
Uber and Lyft have continued their national push to cement the status of their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. In conjunction with Postmates and Instacart, the companies previously spent $205 million in California to successfully support...
Featured in Dems’ Newest Budget Draft: A Transformative Labor Law Proposal
Yesterday, Democrats on the House Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) released a completed draft for its part of Congress’s upcoming reconciliation bill. Along with other blockbuster proposals, the Committee’s $450 billion package...
Understanding the New NLRB General Counsel Memo on Remedies
Today, the National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, released a highly relevant and impactful memo on the office's intent to seek a rather stunning new array of remedies in unfair labor practice cases. As I wrote about the last GC memo, if...
Today’s News & Commentary — September 14, 2021
Missouri public employees' unions continue to struggle against the governor's office for collective bargaining. In 2018, former Governor Eric Greitens signed a law that gave meager raises in exchange for changing the states' merit hiring system, effectively...
Today’s News & Commentary—September 13, 2021
The House Ways and Means Committee circulated a proposal that would raise $2.9 trillion in revenue as congressional Democrats continue to debate the scope of their signature spending package, the Washington Post reports. Much of that would come from tax increases...
The Strike Zone—September 13, 2021
With the wide distribution of the vaccine, new COVID-19 protocols negotiated by the professional leagues and their union counterparts are drawing a stark line between vaccinated and unvaccinated players. In the NBA, unvaccinated players are subject to a host of...
Weekend News & Commentary – September 12, 2021
Six U.S. senators, including Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), have called on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to investigate allegations that Amazon.com Inc. fails to make adequate provisions for pregnant employees at its...
Today’s News & Commentary—September 10, 2021
On Thursday, Biden announced plans for a monumental vaccine mandate that could apply to as many as 100 million Americans. Under the mandate, employers with more than 100 workers will need to either be vaccinated or else face weekly testing; businesses will also be...
Today’s News & Commentary — September 9, 2021
Uber and Lyft have continued their national push to cement the status of their drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. In conjunction with Postmates and Instacart, the companies previously spent $205 million in California to successfully support...
Featured in Dems’ Newest Budget Draft: A Transformative Labor Law Proposal
Yesterday, Democrats on the House Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) released a completed draft for its part of Congress’s upcoming reconciliation bill. Along with other blockbuster proposals, the Committee’s $450 billion package...
Understanding the New NLRB General Counsel Memo on Remedies
Today, the National Labor Relations Board's General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, released a highly relevant and impactful memo on the office's intent to seek a rather stunning new array of remedies in unfair labor practice cases. As I wrote about the last GC memo, if...
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