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The current Federal regime continues to wreak havoc in workplaces across the nation

Earlier this week, yet another court imposed an injunction against the current Federal administration’s campaign against public employees and the public agencies for which they work in the public interest. In this most recent case, the court blocke… Read More

The Federal administration’s assault against worker rights and civil liberties intensifies

While continuing to pursue its anti-union and pro-corporate agenda, the Federal administration recently rescinded multiple legal measures that addressed chronic problems with government contracting. The current administration rescinded Executive Orde… Read More

Rather than protecting employees as promised on the campaign trail, the President already has fired tens of thousands of essential workers while attacking employee rights and the rule of law generally

The Federal administration wasted no time mounting its comprehensive assault against the legal system governing the workplace generally and the core rights and key protections for millions of employees specifically. Since day one for the new Federal… Read More

Project 2025, prepared by senior members of the past and future Trump administrations, creates roadmap to attack fundamental rights and subvert the rule of law

In nearly 1,000 pages, Project 2025 provides detailed analyses and urges specific actions to impose a comprehensively extreme plan across the nation. As explained in a recent report, implementation of Project 2025 would concentrate unprecedented powe… Read More

Like Minnesota and other visionary states, the NLRB now outlaws employer captive audience meetings

In recent years, states across the United States – including New York, Illinois, California, and Hawaii – have enacted captive audience meeting laws that prohibit mandatory employee meetings about employers’ political or religious positions. As… Read More

The positive impact of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which is one of the most pro-employer Federal appellate courts in the United States, recently rendered an important decision that bodes well for the future prosecution of sex harassment claims. In Famuyide v. Chip… Read More

Supreme Court expands civil rights protections for employees

Especially since the appointments to the Supreme Court during the last administration, the Supreme Court ordinarily has not rendered progressive decisions. To the contrary, as exemplified by majority opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organ… Read More

Unanimous Supreme Court expands whistleblower protections

The current Supreme Court has been increasingly criticized in recent years for restricting and even eliminating core rights, as illustrated by the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization opinion discussed in a prior blog post. In sharp contras… Read More
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Rampant child labor violations associated with prominent corporations underscore the need for coordinated enforcement

The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) is currently investigating approximately 700 child labor cases around the country. In one such case, the DOL found that the corporation under investigation employed over 100 children across nearly 10… Read More

Employers increasingly using stay-or-pay “contracts” that facilitate exploitation

Since the declaration of the global pandemic in 2020, awareness about fundamental disparities in the labor market between employers and employees has grown significantly. Consequently, and as an example, States like Minnesota have outlawed non-compet… Read More