Government policy and employer practice have suppressed employee compensation for decades
May 18th, 2021
The Economic Policy Institute recently published a study that carefully evaluates the experience of employees over the past several decades to determine why employee compensation has remained stagnant while employee productivity has continued to incr…
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As the pandemic continues, so do the work-related disparities
April 26th, 2021
A recent Gallup survey examined how the ongoing pandemic has affected work opportunities in the past year. Like other aspects of life, the pandemic has increased and aggravated existing inequalities when it comes to employment-related matters. For ex…
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Build back better with passage of the PRO Act
March 19th, 2021
Although a Gallup poll in 2020 confirmed that 65% of people in the country favor union representation, only 10% of people actually have union representation. This gap between the preference of, and reality for, employees underscores the lack of workp…
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Minnesota Supreme Court bolsters contract claims for employees
February 19th, 2021
Following several important decisions reinforcing and even expanding employee rights, the Minnesota Supreme Court recently ruled for employees in another nationally significant case. The decision in Hall v. City of Plainview has extended the legal do…
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Historic Georgia wins have immediate and important consequences for workplace protections
January 11th, 2021
Despite racially charged attacks against them by the Republican incumbents’ and their allies, Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff reportedly became the first African American and Jew, respectively, to represent Georgia in the history of the Uni…
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Ongoing congressional obstruction makes federal agency action and state leadership essential
December 21st, 2020
Congress, particularly the Senate, has continued to distinguish itself through its ongoing failure to address the escalating needs of working people. Consequently, the incoming Biden Administration needs to act swiftly and boldly to counteract the si…
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DOL’s political leadership continues to impede enforcement and undermine agency credibility
November 1st, 2020
The head of the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”), who is the son of former United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, has pushed the agency in a decidedly different direction since being appointed Secretary of Labor. Under Secre…
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Election update
October 3rd, 2020
Federal and State elections will be held in exactly 1 month, and early voting has already begun in many places. It cannot be overstated how important the upcoming elections are for the nation and, indeed, the world. Without question, the outcome will…
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State attorneys general step up and expand enforcement efforts
September 5th, 2020
In multiple ways since January 2017, as has been discussed here previously, the politically appointed leadership at the United States Department of Labor, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board,…
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Minnesota Supreme Court expands civil rights protections in 2 additional rulings
August 1st, 2020
In Fletcher Properties, Inc. v. City of Minneapolis, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that an anti-discrimination ordinance adopted by Minneapolis does not violate either the equal protection or due process provisions of the Minnesota Constitution.…
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