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April 16, 2024
News & Commentary

Sunah Chang

EEOC publishes final regulation implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, Volkswagen workers in Tennessee gear up for a union election, and the First Circuit revives the Whole Foods case over BLM masks.

August 5, 2022
News & Commentary

Hannah Finnie

The Inflation Reduction Act appears to have enough support to pass both the House and Senate after Democrats brokered a deal with Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ). The bill, as currently written, has several provisions that will affect workers and businesses. It would create a minimum tax rate of 15% for corporations generating $1 billion or […]

Employers’ Commitments to Providing Abortion Access for Employees Underscore the Need for Unions

Jul 1, 2022 Swap Agrawal

Reproductive justice organizations have not been alone in responding to the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe in its decision in Dobbs last week — employers have also made moves to secure abortion access for their employees. Specifically, many companies have committed to financially assisting employees who now have to travel out of their state to […]

July 1, 2022
News & Commentary

Tascha Shahriari-Parsa

In today’s news and commentary: the Supreme Court threatens Biden’s climate agenda and other executive branch policymaking in West Virginia v. EPA; the Court denies cert to a state Covid-19 vaccine challenge; most employers do not plan on covering abortion-related travel costs; labor agencies receive budget increases; and Biden’s top labor advisor resigns. Yesterday, the […]

June 27, 2022
News & Commentary

Fred Wang

In today’s news and commentary, employers react to Dobbs with criticism, internal policy change, or silence. Employers — in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to overrule Roe v. Wade — are offering to reimburse travel expenses for employees who cross state lines to access safe, legal abortions. Companies such as Disney […]

The Strike Zone—October 25, 2021

Oct 25, 2021 Alex Blutman

Last week, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden resigned after emails he had written containing racist, homophobic, and misogynistic remarks were made public. The emails emerged as part of the workplace culture investigation that the NFL had been conducting into the Washington Football Team. Shortly after Gruden’s resignation, the NFL Players Association announced that […]

May 19, 2021
News & Commentary

Jason Vazquez

As restaurants across the country struggle to adequality staff their kitchens and facilities, many conservative policymakers have begun ascribing this purported “labor shortage” to the enhanced unemployment benefits made available during the pandemic. Top White House economic advisers sought to refute such contentions in a memo issued Tuesday, which posits that the labor shortages represent “a positive […]

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