May 29, 2023 News & Commentary Iowa joins a growing list of states that are relaxing back child labor laws; Los Angeles union workers join the Writers Guild of America strikers in a show of solidarity; Alaska’s Supreme Court rules that an executive order requiring employees to opt in to union membership was illegal
April 24, 2023 News & Commentary The Supreme Court is reconsidering how Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects religious practice in the workplace, and the German government has reached a deal with labor unions to increase pay for 2.5 million public-sector workers.
Who Needs Congress when You Have Five (or Six) Supreme Court Justices? Should the Supreme Court claim that an interpretation of Title VII is wrong when Congress has, for decades, “left that apparent misinterpretation untouched”?
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.
Why Conservative Attacks on Federal Agencies Are at Odds with the Constitution Employers are trying to prevent Congress from giving federal agencies broad authority to protect workers. One big problem with this line of attack: it’s inconsistent with the Constitution’s original meaning.
In Glacier Northwest, the Employer Wants the Court to Set Aside Sixty Years of Settled Law The employer in Glacier Northwest is asking the Supreme Court to overrule decades of long-settled law.
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.
January 15, 2023 News & Commentary Supreme Court grants cert to religious accommodation case, GOP House rules aim to eliminate staff unions
