Because it is so fragmented, the federal system can be particularly hard to understand, which only makes it harder to change effectively through policy. We ...

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Over the past fifty years, corporate advocates have co-opted the language and tactics of modern social movements to graft identity-based attributes onto the corporate entity. These new…

The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) deteriorates from constitutional attacks and political sabotage. As labor law buckles, its preemption regime, a keystone

Amazon.com sued the New York State Public Employment Relations Board on Monday to block it from enforcing a new law that the online retailer considers an attempt to illegally regulate private sector labor relations.

A California grocery chain has sued the National Labor Relations Board, alleging its acting general counsel doesn’t have authority to bring labor charges against it and seeking to halt the agency’s pr...

In case you missed it, the Fifth Circuit recently held that any employer charged with violating the National Labor Relations Act is entitled to an injunction to block any hearing from going forward.  ...

<div> Employers gained power over civil rights matters in a particular historical context. In the 1970s, courts solved legal debates about affirmative action a

The Labor Department could soon declare that student athletes are independent contractors and not full-fledged employees, a move that would draw legal challenges and potentially shake up the fast-chan...

President Donald Trump tapped a pair of National Labor Relations Board nominees who, if confirmed, would give the agency enough board members to fully function.

President Donald Trump tapped a pair of National Labor Relations Board nominees who, if confirmed, would give the agency enough board members to fully function.

Lawmakers in California and Illinois are proposing to let ride-hail drivers unionize and bargain for better wages and benefits, without changing their status as independent contractors.

<p>Throughout the past hundred years, states have enacted laws and constitutional clauses protecting the rights of private sector workers to associate, organize

Amazon.com Services LLC’s wage law interpretation won out at Maryland’s highest court, where a majority said a doctrine allowing employers to avoid compensating workers for small amounts of time appli...

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