by Michael Gan | Nov 7, 2014 | FLSA, Labor Law
It is difficult to reconcile the passage of multiple state ballot measures to increase the minimum wage with a rather poor showing for Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Wall Street Journal tries to explain.
by Josh Scharff | Aug 21, 2014 | joint employer, Labor Law, NLRB, Supreme Court
The National Labor Relations Board has been busy this summer making bold decisions that could have far-reaching implications. The NLRB’s most publicized action this summer occurred on July 29 when the Office of the General Counsel announced that it would treat...
by ADeleon | Jul 3, 2014 | Labor Law, Public Sector Employees, Supreme Court
In Harris v. Quinn, a small group of health care workers sued the governor of Illinois claiming that an agency fee arrangement violated their right to free speech and free association under the First and Fourteenth Amendment. The workers argued that as personal...
by Josh Scharff | Jun 30, 2014 | Labor Law, Public Sector Employees, Teachers' Unions
Teachers’ unions in California suffered a significant setback earlier this month when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf M. Treu ruled in Vergara v. California that certain statutory job protections for teachers were unconstitutional. Although the final...
by Josh Scharff | Mar 26, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
As we previously reported, college football players at Northwestern University submitted a petition and signed union cards to the National Labor Relations Board in January seeking the right to collectively bargain over terms and conditions of employment. The...
by Josh Scharff | Jan 28, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
Northwestern Football Players Seek to Unionize There’s some interesting labor law news today from an unlikely source – college football players at Northwestern University. Tom Farrey of ESPN’s Outside the Lines first reported that members of the Northwestern football...
by Mark Gisler | Jan 28, 2014 | FLSA, Labor Law, Supreme Court
Sandifer v. U.S. Steel Holds that Unionized Workers Need Not be Paid for Time Spent “Donning and Doffing” Safety Clothing under FLSA In a 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has made it harder for unionized steel workers to be paid for time spent changing into and...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Jan 6, 2014 | Labor Law, Union Organizing
National Labor Relations Board Decides Not to Seek Supreme Court Review of Cases Invalidating Notice Posting Requirement According to an NLRB press release issued on January 6, 2014, the NLRB will not petition the Supreme Court to challenge two U.S. Courts of Appeals...
by Jean Marc Favreau | Dec 10, 2013 | Labor Law, Supreme Court
After hearing oral arguments in Unite HERE v. Mulhall several weeks ago, the Supreme Court has dismissed the writ of certiorari as “improvidently granted”. A majority of the Supreme Court decided not to consider the issues presented in the case –...
by Kaylee Davis | Nov 20, 2013 | Labor Law, Supreme Court, Union Organizing
Supreme Court Considers Neutrality Agreements in Unite Here v. Mulhall Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall, argued before the Supreme Court last Wednesday, presents the issue of whether neutrality agreements are, to some degree, prohibited by Section 302 of the National...
