Emily Miller is a student at Harvard Law School.
Just in time for the election, JD Supra Labor and Employment has published a brief overview of the candidate’s views on workplace laws. Highlights of Clinton’s plans include her plan to increase the minimum wage to $12 an hour, improve collective bargaining rights, reward profit sharing arrangements, and support Wall Street reform. Trump likewise plans to increase the minimum wage to $10 an hour and has focused his economic platform on job creation. Read the full article here.
The New York Times noted the uncertain future of a federal policy which allows undocumented migrants to remain in the United States and apply to travel abroad and re-enter the United States without penalty. The program, known as deferred action, has allowed thousands of young people to visit their home countries since its inception by the Obama Administration in 2012. However, as the Times points out, the next President will have the power to repeal the program, leaving its future contingent on the outcome of today’s election. Politico also weighed in on the status of immigration plans, saying that if Hilary Clinton wins, a comprehensive immigration reform bill will likely be one of her first moves as President. Meanwhile, if Trump wins, the National Immigration Forum plans to “move into a very defensive posture… [to] pressure House Republicans, Senate Republicans … so that they [become] the wall between what Trump wants to do and what he can do.”
The Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments on presidential power to make appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. The justices heard arguments over President Obama’s appointment of Lafe Solomon, who was appointed temporarily as Acting General Counsel without Senate approval. In 2014, the Supreme Court limited presidential powers by ruling that three of Obama’s 2013 NLRB appointments were invalid. As Reuters points out, the outcome of the case could have widespread impacts on the next president’s ability to make temporary appointments.
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May 19
Schedule F comment period ends this week; Wilcox's reinstatement case is back before D.C. Circuit; NLRB removal protection case runs into jurisdictional problem; NJ locomotive strike ends in success.
May 18
In today’s news and commentary, the DC Circuit lifts a preliminary injunction on Trump’s collective bargaining ban for federal workers; HHS, DOL and Treasury pause a 2024 mental health parity regulation; and NJ Transit workers continue into the third day of a historic strike. In a 2-1 decision issued on Friday, the D.C. Circuit overturned […]
May 16
Supreme Court hears a case about universal injunctions; Champion of workers' rights announces run for Colorado Attorney General; Sesame Street is officially union!
May 15
Unions in Colorado urge Governor Polis to sign Senate Bill 5; more than 1200 Starbucks workers go on strike; and IATSE calls on President Trump to reinstate Shira Perlmutter.
May 14
District court upholds NLRB's constitutionality, NY budget caps damage awards, NMB or NLRB jurisdiction for SpaceX?
May 13
In today’s News and Commentary, Trump appeals a court-ordered pause on mass layoffs, the Tenth Circuit sidesteps a ruling on the Board’s remedial powers, and an industry group targets Biden-era NLRB decisions. The Trump administration is asking the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to pause a temporary order blocking the administration from continuing […]