Another tool to combat rampant employee misclassification
September 19th, 2016
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has joined an array of enforcement agencies in cracking down on the misclassification of employees as purported independent contractors. In a recently issued Advice Memorandum, the NLRB General Counsel…
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Federal courts around the country reject State laws that suppress the vote
August 8th, 2016
There has been an evident effort to restrict voting rights in recent years. This development has been led largely by the American Legislative Exchange Council (“ALEC”). As discussed previously here, ALEC consists of corporate executives and right…
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Victory for whistleblowers under the false claims act
July 1st, 2016
In Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States of America, et al. ex rel. Escobar, et al., a unanimous Supreme Court rendered a landmark decision for whistleblowers under the False Claims Act and for taxpayers in general. In that case, the Supre…
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North Carolina’s restriction of civil rights goes beyond facility access
June 6th, 2016
North Carolina’s newly enacted law, often referred to as HB2, has received nationwide attention primarily because of its requirement that transgender people use the bathroom corresponding to their purported biological identity rather than their act…
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New overtime rule benefits millions of employees
May 19th, 2016
On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor announced formal adoption of the updated rule regarding overtime pay. This important development in employment law automatically extends pay protections to several million workers within the next…
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Trending: paid leave, a living wage, and more?!
April 14th, 2016
The United States is the only nation in the industrialized world that provides no paid time off at a country-wide level to new parents or, for that matter, to others needing family or medical leave. Fortunately, the deliberate dysfunction of Congress…
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Deliberate difference: the tragedy in Flint
March 1st, 2016
Recent events have attracted widespread attention to a serious problem that has existed without much public outcry until now. Governor Rick Snyder of Michigan imposed an unelected city “manager” on the City of Flint several years ago. This unelec…
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Defendant gamesmanship curtailed in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases
February 1st, 2016
Contrary to its typical approach in recent years, the Supreme Court ruled in a way that enhances enforcement activity in employment, civil rights, and consumer protection cases. Until this Supreme Court decision, in Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, defen…
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The intersection of labor & employment law, civil rights, and consumer protection
January 4th, 2016
Recent media reports have declared that forced labor taints the nation’s food supply chains, from farms in Western Africa and surrounding Southeast Asia to supermarkets in the United States. This is big business according to a United Nations study,…
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We all do better when we all do better
December 1st, 2015
The recent Report issued by the National Employment Law Project, “The Growing Movement For 15,” documents the increasing successes in obtaining a living wage for employees around the country. In the process, the Report provides a compelling remin…
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