Siobhan McDonough was a student at Harvard Law School and a member of the Labor and Employment Lab.
In a temporary victory for Virginia educators and students, Virginia’s Department of Education delayed implementation of their “2022 Model Policies on the Privacy, Dignity, and Respect for All Students and Parents in Virginia’s Public Schools” until November 26, at the earliest. The policies, which OnLabor discussed in more detail here and which were originally scheduled to take effect on October 27, would have banned trans students from using the public bathrooms associated with their gender identity and would have forced educators to deadname and misgender trans students from nonaffirming homes. After opposition from the Virginia Education Association, local school boards, and students across Virginia, the policies received more than 71,000 public comments, and implementation is now delayed while the Department of Education reviews those comments. Despite the fierce opposition from members of school communities, Gov. Glenn Youngkin continued to tout the policies at a rally after the delay was announced, saying he still expects to implement them.
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August 28
contested election for UAW at Kentucky battery plant; NLRB down to one member; public approval of unions remains high.
August 27
The U.S. Department of Justice welcomes new hires and forces reassignments in the Civil Rights Division; the Ninth Circuit hears oral arguments in Brown v. Alaska Airlines Inc.; and Amazon violates federal labor law at its air cargo facility in Kentucky.
August 26
Park employees at Yosemite vote to unionize; Philadelphia teachers reach tentative three-year agreement; a new report finds California’s union coverage remains steady even as national union density declines.
August 25
Consequences of SpaceX decision, AI may undermine white-collar overtime exemptions, Sixth Circuit heightens standard for client harassment.
August 24
HHS cancels union contracts, the California Supreme Court rules on minimum wage violations, and jobless claims rise
August 22
Musk and X move to settle a $500 million severance case; the Ninth Circuit stays an order postponing Temporary Protection Status terminations for migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal; the Sixth Circuit clarifies that an FMLA “estimate” doesn’t hard-cap unforeseeable intermittent leave.