Weight discrimination is rampant. Yet in most places it’s still legal

The Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City obsessively monitored the weight of its waitresses, according to 22 of them who sued it in 2008. They would be suspended, for example, …

New York Expands Harassment Laws

Major changes to New York’s harassment laws were among the flurry of bills advanced and passed by the New York State Legislature in the final hours of its 2019 Legislative …

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What we know about the human trafficking scheme that allegedly forced dozens of Mexican men to work on Wisconsin farms

The five people indicted in late May in a Georgia-based human-trafficking scheme that federal authorities say illegally brought dozens of Mexican workers to work on Wisconsin farms have pleaded not guilty. The …

Opinion: Throwing drivers under the bus: Albany is poised to rush through a bill that purports to protect gig economy workers; it would do nothing of the sort

At a time when workers are under attack from all sides, organized labor needs to stand united to protect their rights. Unfortunately, this is not what we are seeing here …

Trump NLRB Overturns ‘Public Spaces’ Ruling That Allowed Non-Employee Union Reps On Employer Premises

“Employers may ban union representatives from promoting their union in a public space within the employer’s facilities if those representatives aren’t employees, the National Labor Relations Board ruled June 14. The decision …

AN ACT to increased protections for protected classes and special protections for employees who have been sexually harassed

Provides increased protections for protected classes and special protections for employees who have been sexually harassed; prohibits nondisclosure agreements related to discrimination; prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses related to discrimination; requires …

New York State “Dependent Worker Act” Bill

Relates to dependent workers; defines the term “dependent worker”; requires the commissioner of labor to hold public meetings to examine state laws relating to dependent workers. Senate Bill: https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S06538&term=2019&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y Assembly …

Nevada Bans Employment Discrimination Over Cannabis Use

Nevada’s legislature has taken a ground-breaking step toward truly implementing the spirit of the cannabis legalization initiative approved by state voters in November 2016. Under the new law, to take …

UPMC and its Subsidiary, UPMC Presbyterian S NLRB, Board Decision, UPMC and its Subsidiary, UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside, Single Employer d/b/a UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, 368 N.L.R.B. No. 2, 2019 BL 219698

On August 27, 2018, the Board issued a Decision and Order resolving most of the issues in the case. UPMC, 366 NLRB No. 185 .2 The Board severed and retained three issues for further …

Uber and Lyft Really Don’t Want California to Pass This Worker Rights Bill

This week, three titans of ride-hailing—Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Lyft co-founder Logan Green, and Lyft CEO and president John Zimmer—took a rare break from competing on the roads to collaborate …

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