These are tough times for workers, with COVID-related risks layered atop a grossly distorted power disparity that has long enabled businesses to degrade working conditions and violate labor laws. Workers …
Op-ed: This Labor Day, workers deserve protection and a Clean New Deal
“Fueled in no small part by catastrophic leadership failures in the White House, more than 186,000 lives have been lost so far from COVID-19, and the tally increases each day. It …
EEOC Limits Power to Bring ‘Pattern or Practice’ Bias Claims (1)
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission doesn’t have authority to sue employers over sweeping job patterns or practices that allegedly lead to workplace bias without first going through procedural steps laid …
LERA Webinar: “The USMCA (the New NAFTA): Moving to Effective Enforcement of Labor Rights”
Thursday, September 17, 2020 12:30 – 1:30 pm Eastern Time (New York Time) Register Here: https://www.leraweb.org/ler-in-2020 The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) is hosting a series of webinars this Fall …
Uber may face big fines for stonewalling on sexual assault data
Uber has spent nine months battling California regulators’ demands for detailed information on sexual harassment and assault claims made by its customers and drivers. The company’s favored legal strategy of …
USING THE MASTER’S TOOLS TO DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE: 307 PETITIONS AS A HUMAN RIGHTS TOOL
This post first provides an overview of Section 307 and then discusses the Top Glove case in more detail. It looks at the WRO as an example of how Section …
DOL to Unveil High-Stakes Rule on Worker Classification
“The U.S. Labor Department sent a proposed rule on independent contractor status to the White House regulatory review office, setting in motion the Trump administration’s effort to complete the high-priority …
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TAKING BUSINESS LAW BACK FROM THE ECONOMISTS: BUILDING WORKER POWER THROUGH ANTITRUST REFORM
“The political economy of work in the United States is on the skids. In April 2020, unemployment skyrocketed,reaching a level not seen since the worst days of the Depression in the 1930s. …