Labor and Employment

Rachel Dolezal Issue Raises Questions Of Employee Identification

June 17, 2015

Former head of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP Rachel Dolezal has been identifying herself as a black woman […]

Uber Drivers Are Employees, CA Regulator Rules

June 17, 2015

In a ruling that could significantly impact Uber’s business, a California labor regulator has ruled that its drivers are employees, […]

Protecting the Company Against Malicious Insiders

June 15, 2015

Among recent breaches that have made headlines, several have involved malicious insiders. It’s an ongoing problem…

Female Congressional Staffers Banned From One-On-Ones

June 14, 2015

What if you weren’t allowed to spend any one-on-one time with your boss? That’s the situation some female Congressional staffers […]

Labor Back From The Dead In Free Trade Battle

June 14, 2015

Relatively powerful service and public employee labor unions – including the International Association of Firefighters – have concluded that the […]

Know Your State’s Unemployment Laws

June 9, 2015

Employers need to understand what unemployment benefits are available to former employees, what actions can disqualify a former employee from […]

EEOC Pursuing Discrimination Cases Aggressively

June 8, 2015

To some extent, the EEOC has been thwarted in its efforts to mount  so-called “systemic discrimination” cases. For example, in […]

Clinton Champions $15 Minimum Wage Activists

June 8, 2015

Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton told a conference of fast food workers pushing for a $15 per hour minimum wage, […]

NLRB Targets Union Rules For Temporary Workers

June 3, 2015

The NLRB has announced it is reviewing a case in which a Sheet Metal Workers union sought to represent in […]

Contract Attorneys Cry Foul On Poor Working Conditions

June 1, 2015

After working as a contract lawyer in environments where talking was forbidden, bathroom breaks were limited, and some kinds of […]

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