July 4th 2022
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Yesterday, members of Third Circuit Court of Appeals cast doubt on whether the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent decision against The Federalist would withstand appellate scrutiny. The case, FDRLST Media v. NLRB, 3d Cir. No. 20-03434, arose in...
Congressional Democrats’ proposal to institute a national paid family and medical leave program for workers has been officially cut from Congress’s upcoming reconciliation bill, according to several outlets yesterday. The proposal, which initially sought to...
In a report published yesterday, researchers at the UC Berkeley Labor Center found that Massachusetts rideshare drivers could earn well below the federal and state minimum wage under a proposed state ballot initiative pushed by ride-hailing giants Uber and...
The Supreme Court dealt a major blow to the organizing rights of California farmworkers yesterday, ruling in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid, 141 S. Ct. 891 (2021) that state regulations issued under the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA) to unions...
President Joe Biden intends to nominate Gwynne Wilcox, a union-side labor lawyer, to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the White House announced yesterday. As a senior partner at Levy Ratner and associate general counsel for SEIU 1199 United Healthcare...
As described in my last post, employers who use algorithmic decision systems (ADSs) in hiring reify past prejudices and systemic discrimination while coating the process in a veneer of objectivity. More troubling, mathematician and social activist Cathy O’Neil...
The media is giving so much attention to how the next Supreme Court Justice may affect the continued vitality of Roe v. Wade that voters may not fully appreciate how yet another Donald Trump appointee on the court will cement the Court’s anti-worker tilt for...
In its first opinion of the term, the Supreme Court unanimously (8-0) ruled in favor of the employees in Mount Lemmon Fire District v. Guido, holding that the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) applies to all public employers regardless of employee...
The New York Times opinion section has offered two somewhat conflicting views on wage growth in the last two days. The first argues that corporate America has been suppressing wages for many workers through noncompete clauses and no-poaching agreements and is aimed...
At the New York Times, Michael Corkery writes about the allies "Dreamers" find in the business world. The article, which identifies public statements made in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program by prominent business figures (e.g....
Americans are living and working longer than in previous generations. Over the last ten years, the over 45-year-old work force has grown dramatically, from 31.7% of the country’s workforce in 1996 to 39% in 2006 and 44.3% last year. The percentage is expected to...