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NLRB Decision Will Significantly Help Organizing Temporary/Agency Employees

July 15, 2016 by

It has become more and more common over the last 25 years: An employer contracts with an agency for temporary workers to work alongside its regular employees, performing the exact same work. Often the only difference between… Read More

Expanding Income Inequality: More Evidence That We Need Unions Now More Than Ever

June 28, 2016 by

A new study by the Urban Institute has found that the upper middle class is at its largest and richest. The study defines upper middle class as a household of three earning between $100,000 and… Read More

NLRB and ICE Agree to Prioritize Workers Rights Over Immigration Enforcement

June 22, 2016 by

Federal agencies administer and enforce statutes.  At times, agencies find themselves at cross-purposes, where one agency’s actions interfere with another agency’s enforcement activities. Take, for example, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), which enforces the… Read More

New Final Rule Updates Outdated Overtime Regulations, Expanding Overtime Coverage to Millions of Workers

June 6, 2016 by

The Department of Labor has published a Final Rule updating overtime regulations that will extend overtime pay to 4.2 million workers across the country.  This update was badly needed, as the portion of employees qualifying… Read More

Court Strikes Down Class Action Arbitration Waivers

June 1, 2016 by

The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals on May 26 issued a watershed decision banning mandatory employment arbitration agreements that bar employees from bringing class-action claims.  (Lewis v. Epic Systems Corp.)  The court’s decision aligns it… Read More

Give Me a Break! Court Clears Up Confusion on When Rest Breaks Must Be Provided Employment

May 2, 2016 by

California’s rest-break rule requires employers to provide employees with a paid ten-minute rest period which “insofar as practicable” must be in the middle of each “work period.”  The rule specifies that one break must be… Read More

Supreme Court Rejects Employer Attack on California’s Workplace Seating Requirement

April 20, 2016 by

The California Supreme Court has issued an important decision confirming the right of California workers to take a seat on the job when the nature of the work allows.  In issuing this decision, the Court… Read More

Public School Teachers Dodge Another Bullet (after Friedrichs) as the Court of Appeal Refuses to Void the Education Code in Vergara v. State of California

April 18, 2016 by

First, as a direct result of Judge Scalia’s unexpected demise, a four-four split on the U.S. Supreme Court granted a reprieve to public sector unions whose agency fees and opt-out provisions were on the chopping… Read More

Can You Tell the Difference Between Protected & Unprotected Activity?

April 13, 2016 by

Unions and their advocates have been fighting nationwide for paid sick leave, with California implementing a new leave law in 2014.  In Minnesota, there is no paid sick leave law – yet – but one group of… Read More

New DOL Rule Demands the Curtain Be Pulled Aside on Union Busting Consultants

April 6, 2016 by

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.  The great Oz has spoken,” the actor Frank Morgan thundered in the famous 1939 movie.  If you believe in what an outside expert drafted for you… Read More