Working-Class Rights: I Was Laid Off. Now What?
By Abigail Everett, Jonathan Tepe, and Danya Rangachar In recent months, mass layoffs have shaken...
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Employees Hit by Mass Layoffs Have Rights Under the WARN Act
By Trista Brantley, Myla McLeod, Samantha Schwartz, and Anastasia Thumser Mass layoffs have become...
New York’s New Law Targets Discipline and Retaliation for Lawful Absences
On November 21, 2022, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S1958A/A8092B into law, which bars...
Mental Health Crisis: Your Rights in the Workplace
Between the lingering hold of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and political stressors, and financial...
Legal Recourse for Employment Discrimination on the Basis of Weight
Discrimination on the basis of weight is rampant in society. Yet only one state, Michigan, explicitly prohibits weight-based discrimination. Two other states, Massachusetts and New York, are currently considering bills that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of weight. Meanwhile, approximately 41.9% of adults in the United States are obese, and research indicates that overweight and obese people experience workplace…
The Speak Out Act: Another Step Forward in the Battle Against Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
On Thursday, September 29, the Speak Out Act passed in the Senate with bipartisan support. If it passes in the House and is signed into law by President Biden, it will be another important step toward holding perpetrators of workplace misconduct accountable. Following the passage of the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Harassment Act of 2021 (the Ending…
Which Employer Actions Qualify as “Adverse Employment Actions” for a Retaliation Claim?
Rarely when faced with an employee’s opposition to discrimination or other unlawful activity do employers fire the employee by telling them, “I am firing you because of your opposition to my unlawful activity.” Employers are usually subtler when they want to stop employees from speaking up. For example, they may change an employee’s job duties,[1] place a negative letter in…
Rights for Employees Returning to Work
Now that the pandemic seems to be winding down, many employers are considering if it is the right time to ask their employees to return to work. But with COVID laws and regulations still in effect, as well as existing disability, discrimination, and whistleblower laws, the answer to this question is complicated. At we understand that protecting your health at…
H.R. 4445: Congress Bars Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Cases
Attorneys at along with many other commentators (and, unfortunately, a number of forceful judicial dissents), have written extensively about how arbitration has been distorted and manipulated to deprive employees and other individuals of their legal rights and remedies and prevent them from holding companies fully accountable for unlawful conduct. Now, after years of stalled efforts in Congress, H.R. 4445 represents…
Adjusted for Inflation, the Federal Minimum Wage at Lowest in Decades
In December 2021, The Brookings Institution released portions of a study that revealed what the wage increases given to frontline workers at 13 “household name” companies actually mean in the bigger economic picture. At Amazon, for instance, the average hourly wage went up 17 percent, from a pre-Covid-19 pandemic $15.75 in January 2020 to $18.50 by October 2021. Employees at…