Labor and Employment

Despite PR Fiasco, Useful Management Lessons At Amazon

Amazon took a big PR hit recently from a New York Times exposé of facilities where pressure on workers sometimes […]

Man ‘Worked To Death,’ Family Gets Benefits

The family of a man who died during a 14-hour shift is eligible to receive death benefits, a Pennsylvania court […]

CEO Pay Dwarfs Workers' At Discovery, Chipotle, CVS

Discovery Communications CEO David M. Zaslav is paid about 1,951 times that of the company’s average worker, the largest such […]

Examiner Bilks USPTO

An unnamed patent examiner who logged low performance evaluations and had a handful of reprimands was also falsifying time records, […]

Does Minor League Pay Violate Labor Laws?

More than 40 minor league baseball players are suing, saying their pay structure “routinely” violates federal and state wage and […]

Wage Protections Reinstated By Appeals Court

Obama Administration regulations guaranteeing overtime pay and minimum wage protection for nearly 2 million home health care workers were reinstated […]

Union Support Up Sharply In New Gallop Poll

The public approval rate for unions has risen to 58 percent, a five percent increase in one year and a […]

Uber Sued For Lax Background Checks

The district attorneys of Los Angeles and San Francisco are suing the ride service Uber, claiming that its system for […]

Hidden Risks in Confidentiality Requirements

Recently the SEC fined Houston-based KBR, Inc. $130,000 for requiring some of its employees to sign confidentiality agreements that potentially […]

Difficult and Lonely Road to Partner for Black Lawyers

Unconscious bias and cultural differences pose disproportionate challenges to black lawyers looking to reach partner. Just 5.6 percent of lawyers […]

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