October 3rd 2022
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In today’s News and Commentary: workers at SFO ended their strike and are putting a contract up to a vote, a federal magistrate approved a judgement against an Alabama employer accused of child labor, a California state agency penalized home care agencies for...
The biggest news in the world of protections for gig-economy workers came this month not from the National Labor Relations Board or the Department of Labor or the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission — the federal agencies charged with setting employment...
In today’s News and Commentary: The White House intervenes to prevent the railroad strike, data shows that New York City’s $15 minimum wage law fueled job growth and reduced poverty, and an ILO report highlights the growth of modern slavery in wake of COVID-19...
In this weekend’s news and commentary, workers at a Chipotle in Lansing, Michigan became the first to organize one of the chain’s 3,000 locations; U.S. Senator Bob Casey urged the Department of Labor to take action on the use of workplace surveillance technology,...
In today’s news and commentary: The NLRB battles Whole Foods over workers’ Black Lives Matter apparel; the New York Times details the rise of the worker productivity score; and as temperatures rise, industries fight against heat safeguards for workers. The National...
In today’s News & Commentary, OSHA fines two Family Dollar stores in Ohio, US railroad workers may be gearing up to strike, and a new Washington Post article discusses the impacts of inflation on Government workers. Two Ohio Family Dollar stores are each facing...
In today’s news and commentary: a labor reporter analyzes the factors driving the recent spike in union organizing; workers increasingly pick up extra jobs to pay for gas and food; conflicting data may show early signs of a weakening labor market; restaurant...
In today's news & commentary: DOL rulemaking on employee retention for changing federal contractors; pro-labor amendments passed in a House Defense bill; and both celebrations and limitations of a DOL policy offering protections to undocumented workers who file...
A new piece in the American Prospect hosts a conversation between Professor Benjamin Sachs and Professor Kate Andrias, about a law review article they recently co-authored. The conversation also features Steve Kest and Bob Kuttner dissecting the content of the...
In today’s news and commentary: Biden calls for gas tax moratorium, Supreme Court invalidates Washington workers’ compensation law, Eighth Circuit upholds Arkansas law forbidding state contractors from "boycotting" Israel, Senators introduce the Good Jobs for Good...
In today’s news and commentary: a Department of Labor memo on subminimum wages for workers with disabilities; a Fifth Circuit decision that that COVID-19 does not exempt employers from giving notice to employees before mass layoffs; AFL-CIO convention resolutions...
The Federal Trade Commission has cemented a Democratic majority among the commissioners, as the Senate confirmed Professor Alvaro Bedoya on Wednesday. The 51-50 vote, with a tiebreaker from Vice President Kamala Harris, signals a shift that will empower Chair Lina...