July 28, 2023 News & Commentary President Biden acts to protect workers from extreme heat; Outten & Golden associates unionize
June 29, 2023 News & Commentary In today’s Tech@Work, military AI is being repurposed for worker surveillance, new questions are raised about the impact of automated farming technology on worker safety, and in Brazil, an increase in phone theft hits gig workers especially hard.
April 28, 2023 News & Commentary Sixth Circuit hears oral arguments in a case challenging the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration; U.S. labor board prosecutors accuse Starbucks of refusing to bargain in good faith with 144 unionized cafés; YouTube Music contract workers unionize, and Lyft lays off more than a quarter of its workforce.
February 24, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court rules high-earning professionals must be salaried to be overtime-exempt; federal judge rolls back nationwide injunction against Starbucks; OSHA fines another Amazon distribution center.
January 19, 2023 News & Commentary OSHA levies $60,000 in fines against Amazon, the federal government investigates child labor trafficking, massive strikes begin in France against plans to raise the retirement age, and voluntary recognition of unions by employers is on the rise.
January 17, 2023 News & Commentary Biden administration seeks to revive pro-labor OSHA rule; Third Circuit set to hear student athlete FLSA case; Peet's coffee workers vote this week on whether to unionize.
November 3, 2022 News & Commentary DOL finds OSHA COVID-19 enforcement lacking; Apple denies benefits to union store workers; reform movement in the UFCW; workers advocate for a just transition at COP27
October 20, 2022 News & Commentary Amazon and New York AG agree to dismiss worker-safety lawsuit; Amazon workers walk out for Prime Day; Planned Parenthood accused of race discrimination; mine explosion in Turkey leaves 41 workers dead.
Employing Lots of Law to Do “Employment Law” 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 standards for the fair treatment of the nation’s workforce. Instead, the Federal Trade Commission made […]
August 15, 2022 News & Commentary 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 Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) is litigating a complaint against Whole Foods for terminating workers […]
