May 26th 2022
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The rideshare industry is plagued with concerns over worker exploitation. Though rideshare companies promise drivers autonomy and flexibility, they more often deliver meager wages, a lack of employment benefits, and opaque decision-making processes that can result...
On March 30, 2022, David Weil’s nomination to head the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division was defeated in an unexpected 47–53 vote, marking the first time one of President Biden’s nominees was defeated in a floor vote. In an unexpected twist, three...
Uber recently announced a deal to list all New York City yellow cabs on its app. Given the hostile history between Uber and the taxi industry, this partnership comes as a surprise to many. But it is not a one-off — in February 2022, Uber revealed its goal of...
The New York Times reported that the White House will request that Congress pass a new minimum wealth tax on the ultra-rich as part of the Biden Administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year. Called the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax,” the tax would...
The Department of Labor released data today showing that the unemployment rate fell last month in most U.S. states. 12 states have unemployment rates at record lows, including Nebraska and Utah with unemployment rates of 2.1%. However, while unemployment rates are...
Forced arbitration denies workers their day in court. Over the past few decades, the Supreme Court has made it increasingly difficult for workers to avoid arbitration. This month, the Court will hear three more cases involving arbitration-related disputes. The...
Reading the briefs in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, a case the Supreme Court will hear at the end of the month, I was reminded of two aphorisms. The first is “what a tangled web we weave when first we start to deceive,” and the second is Karl Marx’s...
In the midst of the historic re-run union election at the Amazon packaging facility in Bessemer, Alabama—ballots were mailed out a few weeks ago and the election remains open until the end of this month—a handful of workers at the plant who voted against the...
Rising gas prices due to crisis in Ukraine are affecting Uber and Lyft driver's take-home pay, Bloomberg reports. Drivers, who take on the cost of gas for rides themselves, are reporting that refilling their tanks can take as much as 60% of their take-home pay, up...
Employers are divided on company-level vaccination policy, according to a New York Times survey published last week. Although the vast majority of large corporations plan to require vaccinations for at least some workers, there remains meaningful variation in terms...
The CDC issued a new set of recommendations for Covid-19 mask-wearing that suggest around 70% of Americans may stop wearing masks, according to the New York Times. The CDC’s recommendations no longer rely only on the number of cases in a community to determine the...
On December 9, the European Commission issued a package of proposed regulations of platform work. This legislative initiative came after a long period of lobbying, consultation, and research by business groups, unions, and academics on the problems emerging from...