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December 26, 2017
News & Commentary

Feyi Lawoyin

Jim Hackett, CEO of Ford Motor Company, apologized to Ford employees last week following accusations of sexual harassment in two Chicago plants to which the plants responded inadequately. Hackett published an open letter expressing a zero tolerance policy for workplace harassment. The letter was published in response to a New York Times profile of rampant misconduct […]

December 8, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Joseph

On Capitol Hill yesterday, Senator Al Franken resigned after allegations that he had sexually harassed several women. Meanwhile, the House Administration Committee held hearings in which it heard from employment law experts as it develops plans to reform how sexual harassment claims are handled in Congress, the Washington Post reports. Over 1,000 food service workers […]

December 6, 2017
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

This week the Supreme Court announced that it will allow the Trump Administration to implement the third version of its travel ban while suits challenging the order are litigated in the lower courts. The two orders lifting the injunction represent a victory for the Department of Justice. Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor indicated that they would […]

Sexual Harassment: New Laws That Would Help

Dec 6, 2017 Terri Gerstein

We are experiencing a watershed moment in relation to sexual harassment: boldface names fall daily, and women are speaking up as never before. This is one of those moments when norms change, presenting a tremendous opportunity. Proposals that seemed unrealistic last year could now be taken seriously in the political sphere. In The Guardian last […]

December 5, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

The Department of Labor has published a proposed change to the rules around tip pooling. In 2011, the Obama Administration clarified the Fair Labor Standards Act regulations to reflect the Wage and Hour Division’s long-standing policy – based on 1974 FLSA amendments – that employers could never require staff to share tips, regardless of whether the employer paid a tipped or full minimum wage. The Trump Administration now proposes to […]

What Harvey Weinstein Has To Teach Us About the Weakness of Our Laws

Nov 28, 2017 Sharon Block

We clearly are in a different moment in the country now in how we respond to sexual harassment in the workplace. It is yet to be seen whether this moment will lead to something bigger and longer lasting. But one thing seems certain in the wake of this new moment – the law that is […]

Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces

Nov 27, 2017 Andrew Strom

Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen a flood of alarming reports about powerful men who have engaged in repeated acts of sexual harassment, sometimes stretching across decades. Many women who had previously remained silent or shared their stories only with close friends, have come forward to say that they too have experienced sexual harassment. […]

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 […]

November 21, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

StreetsBlogUSA recaps a Demos study that recommends improving public transportation in order to address the racial gap in employment rates. Car ownership tracks race, and, for instance, black workers in Detroit are 13 times more likely to commute via public transportation than their white counterparts. As StreetsBlogUSA points out, the job mix generated by investment […]

November 13, 2017
News & Commentary

Jyoti Jasrasaria

USA Today reports that the U.S. federal agencies relied on trucking companies that violated labor laws. XPO Logistics and California Cartage, two companies that were found guilty of labor infractions, and Konoike-Pacific, which was accused of the same kinds of violations by its drivers, are still working as federal contractors or subcontractors. Lawmakers, including Senators […]

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December 26, 2017

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December 6, 2017

Sexual Harassment: New Laws That Would Help

December 5, 2017

What Harvey Weinstein Has To Teach Us About the Weakness of Our Laws

Sexual Harassment and our Undemocratic Workplaces

November 22, 2017

November 21, 2017

November 13, 2017