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November 13, 2022
News & Commentary

Kevin Vazquez

Dems seal control of the Senate; tentative rail agreement might fail; and union news about airline pilots, publishing-house workers, and Wells Fargo employees

August 29, 2022
News & Commentary

Nicholas Anway

In today’s news and commentary: employers push for an autumn return to the office, and staffing shortages continue to plague the airline industry. As Labor Day approaches, employers are once again pushing for a return to the office. “A number of companies, including Apple, Capital One, Comcast and The New York Times Company, are setting […]

May 26, 2022
News & Commentary

Anita Alem

The Biden Administration has filed an amicus brief arguing that the Supreme Court should not take up an appeal in a case that would require airlines to change their staffing practices in California to comply with rest and meal break laws. In 2021, the Ninth Circuit held in Virgin America v. Bernstein that the airline […]

September 23, 2020
News & Commentary

Courtney Brunson

Yesterday, the Labor Department announced a proposal that seeks to limit the claims that gig economy and similarly situated workers (like those in construction and home care) have to be considered as employees rather than independent contractors under the law. As multiple OnLabor commentators have remarked (here, here, and here), the stakes for employee classifications […]

August 2, 2020
News & Commentary

Zachary Boullt

As Congress has allowed the $600 weekly unemployment bonus to lapse, some states are taking advantage of the CARES Act provision offering extended unemployment benefits for states suffering from high unemployment rates. Extended benefits in eligible states are offered to those that have exhausted their regular unemployment benefits and their Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation assistance. […]

July 13, 2020
News & Commentary

Randon Herrera

Major airlines are threatening massive layoffs if air travel does not increase soon. United Airlines gave notice to 36,000 employees—nearly half of its US workers—that they may be laid off by October if federal aid expires, Bloomberg reports. Similarly, Southwest Airlines announced that it could cut as many as 20,000 jobs, and that unless air […]

January 13, 2019
News & Commentary

Jenny Braun

Sunday is day 22 of the shutdown. Furloughed federal employees will receive back pay for these days, as approved by the House and Senate late last week. Contractors’ back pay will be attended to in separate legislation, now pending. As the Washington Post explains, employees in unpaid status who must show up to work are […]

October 25, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

In a brief to the Supreme Court yesterday, the U.S. Department of Justice argued that Title VII’s prohibition against workplace discrimination on the basis of sex does not protect workers against discrimination on the basis of transgender identity or transitioning status. The brief was filed in opposition to a petition for writ of certiorari filed […]

July 5, 2018
News & Commentary

Jared Odessky

This week, attorneys for Browning-Ferris Industries and the Teamsters union argued before a D.C. Circuit panel over whether the panel should continue to review the NLRB’s 2015 decision in Browning-Ferris. In that case, the Board adopted a loosened “indirect control” standard for joint employer status to determine that Browning-Ferris was the joint employer of workers […]

November 22, 2017
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

Allegations of sexual harassment against high-profile men continued to mount yesterday with the announcement of accusations against news anchor Charlie Rose and Democratic Representative John Conyers. As discussions turn to how to prevent sexual harassment in less high-profile industries, Time examines whether training is effective in reducing sexual harassment in the workplace. While research on […]

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