Pennsylvania labor law doesn’t guarantee bereavement leave • Spotlight PA
When his father died from COVID-19 in 2020, James Gerraughty didn’t have to choose between working and grieving. That’s because his employer provides three days of paid bereavement for the…
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Top Five Labor Law Developments for December 2024
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Read More »The Time Has Arrived: Vote for Your 2025 Labor Grammys Favorites!
We gave you a long list of worker power songs. Our expert Nominating Committee produced short lists of nominees in six categories. Now, it’s your turn. Starting tomorrow, the power…
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Second Circuit revives free speech challenge to New York anti-discrimination labor law – JURIST
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Thursday remitted to reconsideration a lawsuit challenging a provision of New York’s Labor Law as violations of the rights to…
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Challenges to Labor Organizing in 2025 | News
Newsday Mary Anne Trasciatti, Hofstra University’s director of the Labor Studies Program and professor of rhetoric, talked to Newsday about the ways workplace rules, wage hikes and labor shifts will impact Long Island’s economy…
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Understanding California Labor Code 132a on Discrimination
Quick Hits California prohibits employers from discriminating against workers who suffer workplace injuries or who have filed or made known their intention to file a claim for compensation under an…
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Amazon union workers warn ‘stay tuned’
In This Story After several days of protests, thousands of Amazon (AMZN) delivery drivers have ended their strike, but tensions remain high. How AI is redefining careers, according to Deloitte…
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Editorial: Another year, another broken promise to curb air pollution from L.A. ports
Southern California air quality regulators are reneging on their promise to enact long-delayed rules to curb health-damaging and planet-warming pollution from the ports of L.A. and Long Beach by the…
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Labor Board Dials Back Employer Latitude to Change Job Terms (1)
The National Labor Relations Board overturned a precedent from the first Trump administration that gave employers more leeway to make changes to job requirements and working conditions without bargaining with…
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President Can Fire Labor Relations Board Judges, Court Rules
National Labor Relations Board administrative law judges’ protections against being fired by the president violate the US Constitution, a federal judge ruled. Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee for the…
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Trump’s labor secretary pick could be liberal darling
President-elect Donald Trump‘s labor secretary choice is drawing praise from unexpected places — and criticism from some of his allies. “I plan to hold President-elect Trump’s feet to the fire…
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Top NLRB Lawyer Warns Settlements Must Comply With Labor Law
The National Labor Relations Board’s top attorney has re-emphasized the agency’s position that agreements to settle unfair labor practice claims between workers, employers, and unions should primarily serve public labor…
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Fifth Circuit Blesses Labor Board Ruling Against Logistics Firm
The National Labor Relations Board had sufficient evidence to rule that a third-party logistics company illegally fired a worker, a divided federal appeals court ruled. The NLRB pointed to proof…
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Musk and Bezos Declare The National Labor Relations Board Unconstitutional
They tried it before, but now they’re doing it as a team. Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos filed a lawsuit in the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to rule that…
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Amazon and SpaceX attack US labor watchdog in court
Amazon and SpaceX are seeking to hamstring the National Labor Relations Board, asking a court to declare its processes for upholding labor law unconstitutional. But judges on a three-person panel…
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California voters reject ballot measure banning forced prison labor – JURIST
California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the Constitution of California to ban state prisons from forcing inmates…
Read More »Trump Is Expected to Upend Biden Labor Policies Favoring Unions
After gains by organized labor under President Biden, a second Trump administration is likely to change course on regulation and enforcement. The post Trump Is Expected to Upend Biden Labor…
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Pizza Shop Owner Sentenced to 8.5 Years for Labor Trafficking
Pizza Shop Owner Sentenced to 8.5 Years for Labor Trafficking. Stavros Papantoniadis, a 49-year-old owner of Stash’s Pizza from Westwood, Massachusetts, has been sentenced to 8.5 years in federal prison…
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Google accused of violating labor law for asking workers to ‘refrain’ from talking about antitrust case
The Alphabet Workers Union filed a charge against Google with the National Labor Relations Board after Google management asked workers to “refrain” from talking about its ongoing Search antitrust case….
Read More »Should the minimum wage be lower for workers who get tipped? Two states are set to decide
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how much she’s going to make…
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