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Ready Employee One: Data Privacy Within the Metaverse

Jun 24, 2022 Eric Jang

Remote work is here to stay. Although the COVID-19 pandemic that necessitated the Work-From-Home (WFH) revolution is on its way out (fingers crossed), 83% of employees and 63% of employers have expressed a desire for a hybrid model for the future: working both at the office and remotely from home depending on individual needs. The […]

October 26, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

In a near party-line vote this Sunday, the Senate took its second-to-final step toward seating Amy Coney Barrett on the country’s highest court, thwarting Senate Democrat’s efforts to stall the highly controversial confirmation. Trump’s third nominee to the Supreme Court, Barrett’s confirmation would consolidate a 6-3 conservative majority on the court. The confirmation is expected […]

September 22, 2020
News & Commentary

Jon Levitan

In a potentially significant win for workers rights amid the pandemic, a social worker in Massachusetts got a court order barring their employer from forcing them to work in person. Gabriel Peeples, who uses they/them pronouns, sought to work from home as a reasonable accommodation for their asthma. A Federal Court granted their request for […]

August 21, 2020
News & Commentary

Alexandra Butler

As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the economy and payrolls around the nation, some businesses have turned to state short-time compensation to avoid coronavirus-related layoffs. By using a state’s short-time compensation scheme, a business can maintain its payroll by spreading work among its employees. As a result, employees receive wages from their employer, as well […]

August 7, 2020
News & Commentary

Alexandra Butler

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the monthly jobs report this morning, showing a nonfarm payroll increase of 1.8 million jobs, as well as a slight decrease in the unemployment rate to 10.2% for the month of July. The industry with the largest employment gains was leisure and hospitality, adding 592,000 jobs. Yet, the report […]

July 20, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

The First Circuit ruled last Friday that Amazon the class action waiver in Amazonflex delivery drivers’ contract of employment is invalid. The Court reasoned that the Federal Arbitration Act’s carveout for transportation workers applies not only to workers who “physically cross state lines in the course of their work,” but also to workers “transport[ing] goods […]

May 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Leigh Thomas

A group of Uber and Lyft drivers filed a lawsuit Monday against Governor Cuomo, the New York Department of Labor, and the New York Commissioner of Labor, alleging New York illegally failed to pay standard unemployment benefits to drivers in a timely manner during the coronavirus pandemic. The suit claims that the NYDOL treats app-based […]

May 15, 2020
News & Commentary

Mackenzie Bouverat

As onlookers tweet about the possibility of Jeff Bezos’ ascension to the title of “world’s first trillionaire,” Amazon takes steps to mitigate its predicted $4 billion in coronavirus-related expenditures between April and June (the figure amounts to 4.5% of the company’s $84 billion in reported Q4 2019 revenue). Many such cost-saving steps were preemptive: the […]

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