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February 27, 2020
News & Commentary

Maxwell Ulin

Yesterday, the National Labor Relations Board formally published a final rule revising the established test of joint-employer liability for labor violations. As Jared explained on Tuesday, the new rule replaces an Obama-era decision that allowed the board to consider businesses’ indirect or reserved control over workers as an independent basis for liability—as opposed to […]

November 13, 2019
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

A former McDonald’s employee is suing the company for its pervasive culture of sexual harassment. Plaintiff Jenna Ries alleges that she was frequently harassed by her manager while working at a McDonald’s in Mason, Michigan between 2017 and 2019. Ries told reporters that she also witnessed her coworkers, some of who were underage, being harrassed, […]

May 13, 2019
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Delta flight attendants and ramp service workers are trying to unionize with the Machinists union. In response, Delta has posted a series of condescending flyers, sparking outrage and mockery from workers and community supporters. One poster stated, “Union dues cost around $700 a year. A new video game system with the latest hits sounds like […]

February 22, 2019
News & Commentary

Alisha Jarwala

Google is ending forced arbitration for all current and former employees, a policy that will go into effect on March 21. This change comes after months of advocacy efforts from employees, who staged a 20,000 employee walk out in November and took to Twitter and Instagram last month to educate the public about forced arbitration. […]

Today’s News & Commentary — July 2, 2018

Jul 2, 2018 Jenny Braun

Minimum wages are rising across the country. On Sunday, San Francisco’s minimum wage reached $15 an hour for all businesses, the highest rate of any major U.S. city. (Seattle’s $15 minimum in effect last year applies only to large businesses with 501 or more employees.) An estimated 142,000 workers will see a raise, but they […]

June 22, 2018
News & Commentary

Rachel Sandalow-Ash

Both chambers of the Massachusetts state legislature have passed a “grand bargain” bill that — if signed by Governor Charlie Baker — will increase the minimum wage for most workers from $11/hour to $15/hour over the course of five years and will increase the minimum wage for tipped workers from $3.75 to $6.75 over the […]

June 22, 2017
News & Commentary

Maddy Finucane

In an effort to reduce the gender pay gap, Delaware has enacted a law prohibiting employers from screening applicants based on salary history. In doing so, Delaware joins Massachusetts, Oregon, New York City, and Philadelphia. Philadelphia’s ordinance is under fire for allegedly violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments and allegedly being overly broad. Meanwhile, advocates […]

May 24, 2017
News & Commentary

Melissa Greenberg

President Trump released his budget yesterday, and it proposed sharp reductions in spending for entitlement programs. The budget also included a cut of 19.8 percent in funding for the Department of Labor. Despite decreases in funding to the Department, the budget includes a proposal for a paid family leave program, which would allow states to grant six […]

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