Labor and Employment

CEO Pay Dwarfs Workers' At Discovery, Chipotle, CVS

August 27, 2015

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

August 26, 2015

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?

August 24, 2015

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

August 24, 2015

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

August 24, 2015

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

August 23, 2015

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

August 23, 2015

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

August 19, 2015

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

NLRB Punts On College Football Union Case

August 19, 2015

Allowing the student-athletes of Northwestern University’s football program to form a union would upset the balance of competition in the […]

SCOTUS Could Weigh In On White Collar Overtime

August 18, 2015

With lower federal courts coming to different conclusions about whether certain white collar workers are eligible for overtime pay, the […]

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