October 16th 2021
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Part of the current infrastructure bill has a provision that could give competitive advantage to unionized telecom workforces. The bill gives preference to companies with a record of adhering to labor and employment laws for distribution of the $42.5 billion in...
Labor conflicts at Amazon continued this week, this time with new lawsuits against the e-commerce giant alleging racial and gender discrimination. Five women, current and former employees, sued Amazon alleging that Amazon managers used racial epithets against...
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration released guidance aimed at protecting nursing home workers from Covid-19 exposure. Among other things, the guidance recommends the increased use of N95 respirators by nursing home workers. As Bloomberg reports,...
Yesterday marked an eventful occasion for workers’ rights advocates in Sacramento, as California Governor Gavin Newsom moved on a number of major employment rights bills at his desk. Among other measures, Newsom signed legislation to require businesses of...
The US Labor Department is preparing to release a new federal framework for worker classification. As Bloomberg reports, DOL received approval from the White House regulatory office to publish the proposed rule in the Federal Registrar for public comment. The rule...
The Department of Labor has issued a new rule reinterpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which Congress passed in March as part of its coronavirus stimulus measures. Their initial interpretation of the rule--which a Federal judge overruled due to...
This past Wednesday, a group of about 50 Uber drivers staged a protest outside Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi’s house. According to Forbes, the protesters blasted labor-friendly music and held up a banner reading, “A Thief Lives Here” in front of the $17 million...
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Babb v. Wilkie. The question before the Court was whether federal workers alleging age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) must show that the adverse action would not have happened...
The National Labor Relations Board plans to reconsider its successor bar doctrine in a case called American Water. Under the doctrine, when a successor employer follows its legal obligation to recognize the previously chosen collective bargaining representative of...
On Friday, July 12, Labor Secretary R. Alexander Acosta announced his resignation as Democrats and Republicans alike questioned his handling of a sex crimes case involving financier Jeffrey Epstein when Acosta was a federal prosecutor in Florida. Even before last...
The US Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) won the World Cup 2-0 yesterday -- the fourth time that the team has won the title. At the stadium, the team’s supporters chanted “Equal Pay!” in support of the players’ efforts to secure pay parity with the US men’s...
Microsoft announced Monday that it would overhaul its procedures for handling workers’ complaints of harassment and discrimination, less than two weeks after a report revealed widespread sexist treatment of female employees at the firm. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella...