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Archive for January, 2015
Yard-Man is Dead, Long Live Yard-Man!
January 28, 2015 by
Teague Paterson
In M&G Polymers v. Tackett a unanimous Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ seminal Yard-Man decision, but a concurring opinion by four justices has widened the door for retirees in other circuits… Read More
On-Call Employee Sleep Time Can Count As Compensable ‘Hours Worked’
January 23, 2015 by
Stephanie Platenkamp
On January 8, 2015, the California Supreme Court published an important decision confirming the California rules defining when on-call hours are compensable, and, for the first time, ruling that on-call sleeping hours must be included… Read More
A Message to Labor from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2015 by
Teague Paterson
Today is an important day to many of us in the labor movement who, like Dr. King, see labor rights, democratic participation and shared prosperity as civil rights to which all are entitled. In the… Read More
NLRB Revises Managerial Employee Exclusion and Religious Institution Exemption in Higher Education
January 7, 2015 by
Teague Paterson
In the December 16 decision in Pacific Lutheran University, the NLRB extended the reach of the National Labor Relations Act (Act) with respect to higher education faculty under the religious institution exemption and the managerial… Read More
Yard-Man is Dead, Long Live Yard-Man!
January 28, 2015 by Teague Paterson
In M&G Polymers v. Tackett a unanimous Supreme Court overturned the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals’ seminal Yard-Man decision, but a concurring opinion by four justices has widened the door for retirees in other circuits… Read More
On-Call Employee Sleep Time Can Count As Compensable ‘Hours Worked’
January 23, 2015 by Stephanie Platenkamp
On January 8, 2015, the California Supreme Court published an important decision confirming the California rules defining when on-call hours are compensable, and, for the first time, ruling that on-call sleeping hours must be included… Read More
A Message to Labor from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 19, 2015 by Teague Paterson
Today is an important day to many of us in the labor movement who, like Dr. King, see labor rights, democratic participation and shared prosperity as civil rights to which all are entitled. In the… Read More
NLRB Revises Managerial Employee Exclusion and Religious Institution Exemption in Higher Education
January 7, 2015 by Teague Paterson
In the December 16 decision in Pacific Lutheran University, the NLRB extended the reach of the National Labor Relations Act (Act) with respect to higher education faculty under the religious institution exemption and the managerial… Read More
