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7 Mar 2016, 9:05 pm
Immigration-related rules on the one hand, national-origin discrimination rules on the other: “Employers could get sued for following the law” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Should anyone doubt labor relations as an academic field tilts way left, here are numbers [Mitchell Langbert, Econ Journal Watch] Connecticut high court opens door to letting kids of dismissed workers sue employers for lost consortium, on top of suits filed by the parents themselves [Daniel… [read post]
10 Jan 2016, 9:05 pm
“Outdoor guides to Obama: Take a hike” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner; Labor Department imposes higher federal-contractor minimum wage on outfitters operating in national parks, though they do not fit conventional definition of contractors] Los Angeles: “Gov’t Emails Cast Doubt On Berkeley Minimum Wage Study” [Connor Wolf, Daily Caller] Video: David Boaz (Cato) debates Chai Feldblum (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) on identity in the… [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 9:05 pm
EEOC (Eighth Circuit) on standard for prevailing-party fee awards in EEOC cases, could mean help for defendants against overzealous government lawyering (and thanks for quote) [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner, earlier here and here] 6-3 win for arbitration and freedom of contract in DirecTV case [Deborah LaFetra/PLF, Daniel Fisher, ABA Journal] WSJ editorial: Bravo to Justice Breyer for upholding as precedent what he’d earlier dissented from on substance [Texans for… [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 9:05 pm
More: Sean Higgins, John Fund; Proposed anti-soft-drink laws favored by Michael Bloomberg & Co. have been mostly shot down, but New York Times eager to credit politicians anyway for the drop [more: Jacob Sullum]; We interrupt the campaign season propaganda-fest with news of an actual issue sighting, on regulatory reform [Ira Stoll, Veronique de Rugy on Jeb Bush plan] After Obama initiative to eliminate red tape, agencies added $14.7 billion in regulatory costs [Sam Batkins,… [read post]
6 Oct 2015, 2:51 am
Briefly: In the Washington Examiner, Sean Higgins interviews Rebecca Friedrichs, the plaintiff in the challenge to public-employee union “fair share” fees. [read post]
9 Aug 2015, 9:05 pm
” [Coyote] Business resistance aims for the moment at (deliberately abbreviated) public comment period [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] “Can Obama Really Raise Wages for Millions of People So Easily? [read post]
17 Jul 2015, 12:47 am
Posner Roger Alford, reviewing Litigating War: Mass Civil Injury and the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission, by Sean D. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 9:05 pm
EEOC: unanimous SCOTUS, Kagan writing, agrees courts can hold EEOC to legal duty of pretrial conciliation, but prescribes narrower review than employer asked, with no commission duty of good-faith negotiation [Maatman et al; earlier on case here, here, and here; earlier from me on EEOC record of frequent losses in court] New “ambush election” rules: “Your Privacy Has Just Been Compromised, Thanks To Obama’s NLRB” [Labor Union Report] U.K. controversy parallels… [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 5:27 am
Led by Representatives Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Peter King (R-NY) and Lee Zeldin (R-NY), the companion legislation was introduced in the House of Representatives 39 total original co-sponsors, including: Israel (D-NY), Meeks (D-NY), Meng (D-NY), Rangel (D-NY), Crowley (D-NY), Serrano (D-NY), Engel (D-NY), Lowey (D-NY), Higgins (D-NY), SP Maloney (D-NY), Tonko (D-NY), Jeffries (D-NY), Rice (D-NY), Katko (R-NY), Gibson (R-NY), Clarke (D-NY), Hanna (R-NY), Slaughter… [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 9:05 pm
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) introduces bill to reverse NLRB’s “micro-unions” initiative [Sean Higgins, earlier] House holds critical hearing on ambush election rule [Diana Furchtgott-Roth, related Senate resolution] Adding a member to the NLRB might cut down on partisan swings, but why not check out more radical reform, along the lines of New Zealand’s Employment Contracts Act? [read post]
26 Mar 2015, 3:08 am
All by way of the higher goal of nailing more employers [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner; more on the National Labor Relations Board] Tags: immigration law, National Labor Relations BoardNLRB to help illegal workers secure visas is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of our legal system [read post]
15 Dec 2014, 9:05 pm
Related, first and second batch of critical amicus letters; Confirmation of nominee Lauren McFerran by lame-duck Senate will lock in union-friendly majority for next two years or so [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner; Richard Rahn, Washington Times] “Congress Must Rein In the NLRB” [Ryan Williams, Roll Call] Tweet Tags: labor unions, National Labor Relations Board, restaurantsNLRB and labor law roundup is a post from Overlawyered - Chronicling the high cost of… [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
[Bainbridge, Hyman] GOP Congress might take aim at a range of current union and NLRB practices including political dues spending without member opt-out [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Reminder: turning union activity into a protected category under the Civil Rights Act is one of the very worst ideas around [George Leef, earlier on Ellison-Lewis proposal here and here] Scrutiny of occupational licensure intensifies [Ira Stoll] “House Committee Examines EEOC… [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 9:05 pm
Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner: The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission told a district court that it should not have to reveal its own policies regarding criminal background checks because that information is not relevant to the discrimination cases it files against private companies. [read post]
27 Aug 2014, 9:05 pm
Department of Labor uses coercive hot-goods orders to arm-twist blueberry farmers, judges say no [Jared Meyer, Econ21 and Salem Statesman-Journal] “Watch Closely Obama’s Treatment of Unions” [Diana Furchtgott-Roth] “Obama ‘Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces’ Executive Order Will Punish Firms in Pro-Worker States” [Hans Bader, CEI] Judge: massive document request signals NLRB’s emergence as litigation arm, and co-organizer, of unions [Sean… [read post]
10 Jul 2014, 9:05 pm
California tenure lawsuit exposes rift between Democratic establishment and teachers’ union [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] NLRB pushing new interpretation to sweep much outsourcing into “joint employment” for labor law purposes [Marilyn Pearson, Inside Counsel] Restaurant “worker centers” campaign against tipping. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 9:05 pm
Department of Labor are zealous union partisans, not impartial arbiters [Alex Bolt] “Workers filing wage-and-hour lawsuits under Labor Act at record pace” [Crain's Detroit Business] “Despite repeated failures, Card Check still top Big Labor priority” [Sean Higgins, Washington Examiner] Tweet Tags: labor unions, music and musicians, National Labor Relations Board, Pennsylvania, wage and hour suits, Wal-MartLabor roundup is a post from… [read post]
27 May 2014, 9:05 pm
[Coyote] “EEOC continues fight against severance agreements, while employers fight back” [Jon Hyman, earlier on CVS case] OSHA targets auto suppliers in South for enforcement crackdown, rationale to be supplied later [Sean Higgins, DC Examiner via Instapundit ("Well, he can't come right out and say it's about hurting non-union shops")] Tweet Tags: California, EEOC, labor unions, minimum wage, Minnesota, OSHA, United Auto WorkersLabor and… [read post]
1 Apr 2014, 9:05 pm
More Than You Might Think” [Michael Fox] “A call for the DOL to fix what is wrong with our wage-and-hour laws” [Jon Hyman] Restaurant Opportunities Center, known for staging employee protests, bars own employees from same privilege [Florida Watchdog via Sean Higgins] Conference honoring assassinated professor Marco Biagi showcases classical liberal labor law scholarship (or so one would hope) [my comment at Workplace Prof, earlier] Tweet Tags:… [read post]
22 Jan 2014, 8:05 pm
Labor Department wants to shut down consignors-as-volunteers consignment-sale business plan [Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Sean Higgins/Examiner] Operating Engineers Local 17: “Legality of union violence at heart of court case” [Buffalo News] Alternative to “Ban the Box”: revisit extent to which old convictions stay on the books [Eli Lehrer; Baltimore Sun on municipal proposal] Human capital investment by women has narrowed gender pay gap, desire for time… [read post]
