Labor & Employment

Transferred Text Messages Bring A Dismissal, And A Lawsuit

When an Anheuser-Busch employee Victor Nascimento was issued a new iPhone, his old one got transferred to another employee. Nascimento’s […]

Ellen Pao Talks Feminism Post-Trial, May Appeal

Though Ellen Pao lost her lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins, her former employer, she has continued to speak out about gender […]

Forever 21 Facing Transgender Lawsuit

In a discrimination lawsuit, a former employee said she was called a “hot mess” and “disgusting” by her manager at […]

Gun Rights In The Workplace vs Employer Property Rights

States are enacting laws, sometimes called “parking lot laws,” that prohibit employers from banning firearms on their property. These laws […]

Ellen Pao Loses Lawsuit, But May Have Won PR Battle For Gender Equality

Though Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins was cleared of all charges in former employee Ellen Pao’s sex discrimination […]

McDonald’s Hit With Labor Suits

Three lawsuits, which together could potentially bring in 30,000 class action plaintiffs, have been filed in three states, New York, […]

Are Pensions Being Gamed By Private Equity?

Documents which the industry resists producing on the grounds they are trade secrets contain information that has as much to do with high fees, weak oversight, and conflicts of interest as it does with…

NLRB Playing Catch-Up Since Supreme Court Ruling

The high court’s ruling that President Obama’s recess appointments were invalid has forced the National Labor Relations Board to revisit […]

Amish Miners Face Off Against Labor Dept In Hard Hat Dispute

Workplace safety regulations in Pennsylvania mines have come in conflict with the strict dress code for practicing Amish miners, and […]

Bill From Senate Republicans Targets “Micro-Unions”

A Republican senator has introduced a bill that would target small independent unions, often called “micro-unions,” that represent a subset […]

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