Jon Weinberg is a student at Harvard Law School.
Professor Sachs will be participating in a panel at today’s White House Summit on Worker Voice. The Summit will be streamed live starting at 10:30AM ET at http://www.whitehouse.gov/live. Professor Sachs previewed his panel on how the law might change to better facilitate worker voice in a post yesterday. The full schedule is as follows:
· 10:30AM ET: Welcome & Opening Plenary Panel
· 12:00PM ET: President Obama remarks
· 12:45PM ET: “Exploring Promising New Models of Worker Voice”
· 2:15PM ET: “Millennials Finding Their Voice”
· 4:40PM ET: Town Hall with the President on the Future of Worker Voice
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March 3
In today’s news and commentary, Texas dismantles their contracting program for minorities, NextEra settles an ERISA lawsuit, and Chipotle beats an age discrimination suit. Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock is being sued in state court for allegedly unlawfully dismantling the Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) program, a 1990s initiative signed by former Governor George W. Bush […]
March 2
Block lays off over 4,000 workers; H-1B fee data is revealed.
March 1
The NLRB officially rescinds the Biden-era standard for determining joint-employer status; the DOL proposes a rule that would rescind the Biden-era standard for determining independent contractor status; and Walmart pays $100 million for deceiving delivery drivers regarding wages and tips.
February 27
The Ninth Circuit allows Trump to dismantle certain government unions based on national security concerns; and the DOL set to focus enforcement on firms with “outsized market power.”
February 26
Workplace AI regulations proposed in Michigan; en banc D.C. Circuit hears oral argument in CFPB case; white police officers sue Philadelphia over DEI policy.
February 25
OSHA workplace inspections significantly drop in 2025; the Court denies a petition for certiorari to review a Minnesota law banning mandatory anti-union meetings at work; and the Court declines two petitions to determine whether Air Force service members should receive backpay as a result of religious challenges to the now-revoked COVID-19 vaccine mandate.