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"Ethics And The United Nations International Civil Servant: The Jurisprudence Of The United Nations Dispute Tribunals And The United Nations Appeals Tribunal On Workplace Retaliation - The Rights Of The 'Whistleblower' In The United Nations", Tamara Shockley

Tamara A. Shockley

This article surveys emerging issues in the approach of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal in the area of workplace retaliation and the rights of “whistleblowers” in the United Nations. The article examines the institutional framework for managing ethics in the United Nations and the importance of ethics as a tool for United Nations corporate governance. The developing jurisprudence of ethical compliance by the United Nations Dispute Tribunals and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal demands an analysis of the United Nations jurisprudence in the occurrence of workplace retaliation and conditions for actionable workplace retaliation before …

Rethinking The Worker Classification Test: Employees, Entrepreneurship, And Empowerment, Griffin Toronjo Pivateau

Griffin Toronjo Pivateau

The structure of the American workplace depends on the ability to distinguish between employees and independent contractors. Unfortunately, while the law recognizes a difference between the types of workers, it provides little to guide employers in making the proper classification. Instead, employers must rely on a variety of legal tests devised by courts and government agencies to determine worker status. The most commonly used test, the common law agency test, requires analysis of many factors. The most important factor is the right of the employer to control the worker's performance. Nevertheless, while the right to control dominates, the test involves …

The Merits Of Cooperative Corporate Governance In The Digital Age, Meredith-Anne Kurz

Meredith-Anne Kurz

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A Better Route Through The Swamp: Causal Coherence In Disparate Treatment Doctrine, Brian S. Clarke

Brian S. Clarke

Disparate treatment doctrine has long been a swamp and it is getting deeper and murkier. The various judicially and legislatively created routes through the swamp – proof schemes – are poorly marked and at, best, imperfect. Critically, the routes through the swamp have become unmoored from the critical cause-in-fact inquiry they were ostensibly designed to illuminate.

Focusing first on cause-in-fact, this article seeks to establish causal coherence in disparate treatment doctrine by applying – for the first time – modern cause-in-fact theory, including the necessary element of a sufficient causal-set (“NESS”) standard articulated in the Restatement (Third) of Torts, across …

The Hit: Why The Nfl's Age Requirement Is Anticompetitive, Chris Green

Chris Green

To be eligible for the NFL Draft, a player is required to be three full seasons removed from his high school graduation. This age requirement has been challenged before, most notably in 2004 Clarett v. National Football League but was struck down due to the non-statutory labor exemption which frees the age requirement from antitrust law and scrutiny. This rule has been put in place because the NFL is considered one of the most violent sporting leagues in the world and only the most physically and mentally mature players should be allowed to compete. The rule was collectively bargained for …

Reporte Sobre El Funcionamiento De La Reforma A La Justicia Laboral En Chile, Ricardo Lillo, Eduardo Alcaíno

Ricardo Lillo

En primer lugar se destaca el tiempo de duración de los procesos, aspecto central que buscó modificar la reforma la justicia laboral, dando cuenta de los tiempos promedio, duración por tipos de términos y por materia, las causas o factores que han influido en el cumplimiento este objetivo y algunos aspectos problemáticos que han sido identificados sobre la situación de la ejecución en materia laboral y en la resolución de los recursos presentados ante la Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago. Luego, un segundo acápite se focaliza en el mayor acceso a la justicia que la reforma trajo consigo, particularmente con …

Correcting The Supreme Court – Will It Listen? Using The Models Of Judicial Decision-Making To Predict The Future Of The Ada Amendments Act, Kate Webber

Kate Webber

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Medlemsstater Bör Få Ratificera Konvention Om Hushållsarbetare, Niklas Selberg

Niklas Selberg

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From Plyler To Arizona: Have The Courts Forgotten About Corfield V. Coryell?, John Eastman

John C. Eastman

The U.S. Constitution assigns plenary authority to determination naturalization policy to the Congress. Yet increasingly the Courts have undermined Congress's policy judgments with invented constitutional rights. This article explores how the Courts have enhanced the three principal magnets to illegal immigration and thereby undermined congressional policy: employment; education and other social services; and citizenship itself.

Annotations On Protection Of Established Position - A Basic Normative Pattern, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

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The Eu Ban On Age-Discrimination And Older Workers: Potentials And Pitfalls, Ann Numhauser-Henning

Ann Numhauser-Henning

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Stärkt Initiativrätt För Europaparlamentet. Föreslår Regler Om Omstrukturering, Niklas Selberg

Niklas Selberg

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Compulsory Retirement And Age Discrimination - The Swedish Hörnfeldt Case Put In Perspective, Ann Numhauser-Henning, Mia Rönnar

Ann Numhauser-Henning

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Saving Disparate Impact, Lawrence Rosenthal

Lawrence Rosenthal

More than four decades ago, the Supreme Court concluded that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964’s prohibition on racial discrimination in employment is properly construed to forbid “practices, procedures, or tests neutral on their face, and even neutral in terms of intent,” that nevertheless “operate as ‘built-in headwinds’ for minority groups . . . that are unrelated to testing job capability.” In the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Congress codified liability for cases in which an employer “uses a particular employment practice that causes a disparate impact on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national …

Collective Representation And Employee Voice In The U.S. Public Sector Workplace: Looking North For Solutions?, Martin H. Malin

Martin H. Malin

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Constructing A Comprehensive Curriculum In Labor And Employment Law, Martin H. Malin

Martin H. Malin

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No Money, Mo' Problems: Why Unpaid Law Firm Internships Are Illegal And Unethical, Eric M. Fink

Eric M Fink

The practice of law firms offering unpaid internships in lieu of paid employment should concern law students and law school graduates who face an increasingly tight market for entry-level legal jobs. This article argues that such unpaid internships are impermissible under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). It further argues that lawyers who illegally hire unpaid interns should be subject to discipline under the ethics rules of the legal profession.

While law students collectively have an interest in ending this exploitative practice, they have a disincentive against taking action themselves, lest they hurt their prospects in the already unfavorable postgraduate …

Can't Escape From The Memory: Social Media And Public Sector Labor Law, William A. Herbert

William A. Herbert

The Web 2.0 communicative revolution is impacting many fields of law, including labor and employment law. This article focuses upon the application and impact of statutory and constitutional doctrines on the use of social media in public employment in the United States. As part of that analysis, it will compare and contrast developments under the National Labor Relations Act, state collective bargaining and tenure laws and the First Amendment concerning social media. Through this comparative analysis, the article will highlight the distinctions and similarities of public sector labor law and their implications for the future.

Taxing Missy: Operation Gold And The 2012 Proposed Olympic Tax Elimination Act, Kathryn Kisska-Schulze, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

The purpose of this article is to explore the legal and tax environment surrounding the August 1, 2012 bill referred to as the Olympic Tax Elimination Act (OTEA) which was introduced in the U.S. Senate to exempt from gross income the prize money earned by U.S. Olympians from the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) for earning a gold, silver or bronze medal. The OTEA came at a time when American economic growth has been stagnant, and income tax issues became a hotly contested political debate for the 2012 Presidential election. The article explores how tax issues have weaved their way …

Missouri Sports Law, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

The purpose of this paper is to present a brief perspective and overview on how individuals and teams associated with the state of Missouri have had an impact on sports law in general. This article synthesizes Missouri-related cases and decisions, demonstrating that the legal issues are quite broad and varied in this area of the law. Some represent significant state and federal sports law cases including those that have been initiated in or traveled through Missouri via the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Surveying Colorado Sports Law, Adam Epstein

Adam Epstein

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview and explore some of the major sports law cases that have emanated from within the four corners of the state of Colorado or maneuvered through Denver’s Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. Colorado is a prime location for a wide range of cutting edge cases, decisions, discussions and events which have an impact on the relationship between sports and the law among the professional, amateur and recreational environments. Legal issues at Colorado-based educational institutions appear to have an affinity for and history of exposing and challenging the authority of NCAA policies.

A Post-Pyett Collective Bargaining Agreement To Arbitrate Statutory Discrimination Claims: What Is It Good For–Could It Be Absolutely Nothing Or Really Something?, Michael Z. Green

Michael Z. Green

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The U.S. Au Pair Program, Janie A. Chuang

Janie A Chuang