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Full-Text Articles in Labor and Employment Law
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-95-00677), Innis Christie
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-95-00677), Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
Union grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the date January 31, 1995, which continues in effect and which the parties agreed applies to this matter, and in particular of Articles 11, 15, 17 and 52, in that, on July 12 and 26, 1999 two relief letter carders were assigned from LCD#2 to LCD#1 without following the seniority and staffing provisions of the Collective Agreement. The Union requested that the appropriate employees be compensated for any lost liar its, earnings and benefits, with interest at the Bank of Canada rate.
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-95-00664), Innis Christie
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw (078-95-00664), Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
Union grievance alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the date January 31, 1995, which continues in effect and which the parties agreed applies to this matter, and in particular of Articles 15 and 17, in that, from June 22 to June 25 regular employees in Group 2 were bypassed in administration of overtime while temporary employees covered uncovered routes, and on June 24 J. Robichaud worked beyond 8 hours. The Union requested that the by-passed employees be compensated for earnings lost on those two days, with interest at the Bank of Canada rate and that the …
Tools For Inclusion: Helpful Hints: How To Fill Out A Winning Pass Application, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Steven Graham
Tools For Inclusion: Helpful Hints: How To Fill Out A Winning Pass Application, Jaimie Ciulla Timmons, Steven Graham
Tools for Inclusion Series, Institute for Community Inclusion
This brief uses the story of one career woman to illustrate how to apply for and use a PASS (Plan for Achieving Self Support), a Social Security program that allows people receiving SSI to maintain benefits as they start working.
Travelers, Reasoned Textualism, And The New Jurisprudence Of Erisa Preemption, Edward A. Zelinsky
Travelers, Reasoned Textualism, And The New Jurisprudence Of Erisa Preemption, Edward A. Zelinsky
Faculty Articles
Upon the enactment of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), few would have predicted that, a generation later, ERISA's provisions preempting state law would be front page news, a central topic of national debate about health care and its regulation. Similarly, few foresaw at the time ERISA was adopted that the United States Supreme Court would have great difficulty construing ERISA's preemption provisions. By the same token, in 1974 the contemporary revival of interest in statutory textualism lay well into the future.
The Pendulum Swings Again, Richard C. Reuben
The Pendulum Swings Again, Richard C. Reuben
Faculty Publications
Mandatory arbitration provisions in contracts of adhesion expose the difficult tension between individual contractual rights and collective contractual needs. The question is where we draw the line. The law of adhesion contracts has traditionally used the doctrine of unconscionability to draw that line, and cases like Graham v Scissor-Tail more precisely instruct us to draw it at the reasonable expectations of the parties. By presumptively refusing to enforce cram-down arbitration provisions for consumer claims, absent evidence of knowing and voluntary waiver, we will restore those reasonable expectations, and, in the words of the case law, ensure minimum levels of integrity …
Bonus Questions--Executive Compensation In The Era Of Pay For Performance, Charles M. Yablon
Bonus Questions--Executive Compensation In The Era Of Pay For Performance, Charles M. Yablon
Faculty Articles
No abstract provided.
The Unfulfilled Promise Of Promissory Estoppel In The Employment Setting, Robert A. Hillman
The Unfulfilled Promise Of Promissory Estoppel In The Employment Setting, Robert A. Hillman
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Although the theory of promissory estoppel enforces promises that induce reasonable detrimental reliance, this article reveals the theory's colossal failure in the non-union employment setting. This conclusion is based on an examination of all of the reported decisions in the United States that discussed promissory estoppel over a two-year period in the mid 1990's. During this period, employees won only 4.23 percent of employment promissory estoppel cases decided on the merits. At first blush, this is very surprising because employers, through their communications, seek to create the expectation of a stable, secure work environment and employees, because of their lack …
When Different Means The Same: Applying A Different Standard Of Proof To White Plaintiffs Under The Mcdonnell Douglas Prima Facie Case Test, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
When Different Means The Same: Applying A Different Standard Of Proof To White Plaintiffs Under The Mcdonnell Douglas Prima Facie Case Test, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Faculty Scholarship
The idea that Whites, in particular white males, are the new victims of discrimination is steadily gaining acceptance among white Americans. While only 16 percent of white individuals claim to know someone who has been the victim of reverse discrimination, more than 70 percent of Whites are convinced that reverse discrimination is a rampant problem. Additionally, although reverse discrimination cases generally constitute a small percentage of filed discrimination cases, usually about 1 to 3 percent, that number is beginning to grow. In particular, the percentage of reverse discrimination claims brought by federal workers, the very workers for whom affirmative action …
To The Yukon And Beyond: Local Laborers In A Global Market, Katherine V.W. Stone
To The Yukon And Beyond: Local Laborers In A Global Market, Katherine V.W. Stone
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This Article explores the possibilities for effective protection of labor rights in the emerging global labor market. It explores existing forms of transnational labor regulation, including both hard regulation, i.e., regulation by state-centered institutions, and soft regulation, i.e., regulation through private actors responding to market forces. The author finds that existing regulatory approaches are inadequate to ensure that the global marketplace will offer adequate labor standards to its global workforce. She proposes new approaches to global labor regulation, approaches that blend hard and soft law by reshaping market forces and embedding them in a regulatory framework that is protective of …
Familiar Connections: A Personal Re/View Of Latino/A Identity, Gender And Class Issues In The Context Of The Labor Dispute Between Sprint And La Conexion Familiar, Roberto L. Corrada
Familiar Connections: A Personal Re/View Of Latino/A Identity, Gender And Class Issues In The Context Of The Labor Dispute Between Sprint And La Conexion Familiar, Roberto L. Corrada
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
I was asked to be an expert witness for Sprint Corporation in December 1995. I found out that the hearing was being held by the U.S. National Administrative Office because a Mexican labor union had filed a complaint pursuant to the NAFTA labor side accord. I prepared my testimony, I attended the hearing in San Francisco and testified. I began to realize the gravity of my mistake, however, when I sat down and listened to the testimony of the person who spoke after me. Her name was Dora Vogel. She was one of the Latinas who had been employed at …
Nstu V Nova Scotia (Minister Of Education & Culture), Innis Christie
Nstu V Nova Scotia (Minister Of Education & Culture), Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
The grievance involves the decision of all School Boards in Nova Scotia to refuse payment at the salary levels set out in Schedules of the Collective Agreement following the end of the effect of the Public Sector Compensation (1994-97) Act. The issue is whether teachers' experience-based salary increments provided for in the Agreement, and denied them for the school year 1994-95, are lost not only during the period the Act was in force, but also as the basis on which their salaries after October 31, 1997 are to be determined. According to the School Boards, their teachers permanently lost one …
Female Inmate Labor Force Participation & Distribution Of Inmate Earnings, Brenda V. Smith, Gus Faucher, Linda Haithcox, Harry Holzer, Wendell Primus, Steve Schwalb, Charles Sullivan, Gregory Woodhead
Female Inmate Labor Force Participation & Distribution Of Inmate Earnings, Brenda V. Smith, Gus Faucher, Linda Haithcox, Harry Holzer, Wendell Primus, Steve Schwalb, Charles Sullivan, Gregory Woodhead
Presentations
Hosted by The George Washington University
Asian Law Journal Symposium On Labor And Immigration, Hina Shah
Asian Law Journal Symposium On Labor And Immigration, Hina Shah
Publications
No abstract provided.
Policy Brief: Provisions In The Workforce Investment Act Describing The Interplay Between Workforce Investment Systems And Vocational Rehabilitation Programs, Robert Silverstein
Policy Brief: Provisions In The Workforce Investment Act Describing The Interplay Between Workforce Investment Systems And Vocational Rehabilitation Programs, Robert Silverstein
Policy Briefs Series, Institute for Community Inclusion
This brief identifies the sections in Title I of the Workforce Investment Act that specifically reference the state VR program, individuals with disabilities, and organizations representing individuals with disabilities.
Re Queen's Regional Authority And Iuoe, Loc 942 (Snow), Innis Christie
Re Queen's Regional Authority And Iuoe, Loc 942 (Snow), Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
Union grievance dated December 22, 1998, alleging breach of Articles 3, 5, 8, 19, 49.1 and 53.1 of the Collective Agreement between the parties effective April 1, 1996 to March 31, 1999, and in particular of Articles 5.3, 19.3 and 19.8. in that the Employer assigned an employee in the bargaining unit for which the Union of Public Sector Employees is bargaining agent to a position in the bargaining unit for which the Grievor Union is bargaining agent, allegedly wrongly imposing on that Union a duty to accommodate under the P.E.I. Human Rights Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. H-12. The Grievor …
The Employment Contract, Ian Ayres, Stewart J. Schwab
The Employment Contract, Ian Ayres, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This article consists of Professors Ian Ayres and Stewart Schwab 's presentation given at the Economic Analysis of State Employment Law Issues Symposium. Following the presentation, audience members and the presenters participated in a discussion concerning employment contracts. The Journal staff and Professors Ayres and Schwab compiled and edited some of these questions and responses.
The Verdict On Roberts V. Texaco, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
The Verdict On Roberts V. Texaco, Angela Onwuachi-Willig
Faculty Scholarship
When I first heard that Bari-Ellen Roberts had written a book about the race discrimination lawsuit against Texaco, I was ecstatic. I was eager to read about the legal strategies that had resulted in the highest settlement award ever given in a class action race discrimination lawsuit. After reading the first few pages of the book, however, I became somewhat disappointed. The first few chapters made it clear that Roberts's book was not about the actual details of the class action lawsuit against Texaco but about Roberts's personal experiences at home, in school, and in the corporate world. As I …
Cpaa V Canada Post Corp, Innis Christie
Cpaa V Canada Post Corp, Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
Employee grievances alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties in respect of the Revenue Postal Operations Group (All Employees) bearing the expiry date 30 June, 1998, which the parties agreed applies here, and in particular of Article 11, in that the Third Party, Louise Harris was promoted to the position of Postmaster in Kingston, N. S., although allegedly, by retroactive effect, at the relevant time she was not eligible to apply for the position. The Union takes no position on the Grievance. Each of the Grievors seeks promotion to the position of Postmaster in Kingston, N. S., with …
Rock Of Ages Corp. V. Secretary Of Labor, 170 F. 3d 148 - Court Of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1999, Roger J. Miner '56
Rock Of Ages Corp. V. Secretary Of Labor, 170 F. 3d 148 - Court Of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 1999, Roger J. Miner '56
Circuit Court Opinions
No abstract provided.
Rustic Justice: Community And Coercion Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Katherine V.W. Stone
Rustic Justice: Community And Coercion Under The Federal Arbitration Act, Katherine V.W. Stone
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Arbitration clauses are appearing in a wide variety of consumer transactions, including routine product purchase forms, residential leases, housing association charters, medical consent forms, banking and credit card applications, and employment handbooks. In the past fifteen years, the Supreme Court has reinterpreted the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) so as to grant tremendous deference to private arbitral tribunals. By doing so, it has altered the landscape of civil litigation, taking many consumer claims out of the legal system and relegating them to private tribunals. In this Article, Professor Stone assesses the recent trend toward the privatization of civil justice in light …
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie
Re Canada Post Corp And Cupw, Innis Christie
Innis Christie Collection
Union national policy grievance dated November 25, 1998, alleging breach of the Collective Agreement between the parties bearing the date January 31, 1995, and in particular of Article 12, in that in announcing the creation of its "Simplified Registered Mail Service" project, the Employer indicated that new positions created under this project would not be preferred assignments although, the Union alleges, the work in question corresponds with the duties of a preferred assignment within the meaning of Article 12. The Union requests a declaratory decision that the work in question be performed in registration sections by PO4's in preferred assignments, …
Employer Liability For Harassment Under Title Vii: A Functional Rationale For Faragher And Ellerth, Michael C. Harper
Employer Liability For Harassment Under Title Vii: A Functional Rationale For Faragher And Ellerth, Michael C. Harper
Faculty Scholarship
In two decisions concerning sexual harassment, Faragher v. City of Boca Raton' and Burlington Industries, Inc. v. Ellerth,2 the Supreme Court, on the last day of its 1997-1998 term finally articulated coherent vicarious liability rules critical for bounding the scope of the discrimination prohibitions in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.3 The Court did so by explaining the meaning of the inclusion of "any agent" in Title VII's definition of "employer.'" The meaning of "agent" in this definition is critical for establishing employer liability because almost all Title VII-protected employees work for corporations and other …
Retrofitting Unemployment Insurance To Cover Temporary Workers, Sachin Pandya
Retrofitting Unemployment Insurance To Cover Temporary Workers, Sachin Pandya
Faculty Articles and Papers
No abstract provided.
Foreword: Employment Practices Liability Insurance And The Changing American Workplace, Francis J. Mootz Iii
Foreword: Employment Practices Liability Insurance And The Changing American Workplace, Francis J. Mootz Iii
McGeorge School of Law Scholarly Articles
No abstract provided.
The Minimum Wage: Issues To Consider, 1999 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
The Minimum Wage: Issues To Consider, 1999 Update, Bureau Of Labor Education. University Of Maine
Bureau of Labor Education
The current minimum wage of $5.15 is clearly inadequate to support any family — only a oneperson household can stay above the federal poverty guidelines on a full-time minimum wage job. The minimum wage will continue to decline in its real value, putting individuals, families and especially children at growing risk of poverty. This economic hardship is heightened by the fact that many of the new jobs being created in the U.S. economy are low-wage service jobs, often without benefits. With a growing consensus that a minimum wage increase is not likely to harm employment, there is overwhelming evidence that …
Toward A Global Critical Feminist Vision: Domestic Work And The Nanny Tax Debate, Taunya Lovell Banks
Toward A Global Critical Feminist Vision: Domestic Work And The Nanny Tax Debate, Taunya Lovell Banks
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Bcgseu: Turning A Page In Canadian Human Rights Law, Dianne Pothier
Bcgseu: Turning A Page In Canadian Human Rights Law, Dianne Pothier
Dianne Pothier Collection
The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in British Columbia Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGSEU) v. British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission)' starts like a classic Lord Denning judgment. Within the first few lines, without even knowing what the legal issue really is, you know who is going to win because of how that person is presented. Justice McLachlin's judgment, speaking for a unanimous nine-person Court, begins by noting that the grievor, Tawney Meiorin, "did her work well" but nonetheless "lost her job."' It was that dissonance that made the facts of the case compelling for reinstatement. But what …
Compulsory Arbitration Of Discrimination Claims And The Civil Rights Act Of 1991: Encouraged Or Proscribed?, Mark Adams
Compulsory Arbitration Of Discrimination Claims And The Civil Rights Act Of 1991: Encouraged Or Proscribed?, Mark Adams
Articles
No abstract provided.
A Uniform Standard For Exemplary Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases, Judith J. Johnson
A Uniform Standard For Exemplary Damages In Employment Discrimination Cases, Judith J. Johnson
Journal Articles
The standards for exemplary damages in employment discrimination cases are in disarray. The major federal provisions that prohibit private employment discrimination, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. § 1981 ("§ 1981"), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act ("ADEA"), and the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), all have an indistinguishably worded standard for assessing exemplary damages: "reckless indifference to federally protected rights."
Arbitration And Beyond: Avoiding Pitfalls In Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses In Employment Contracts, Nancy A. Welsh
Arbitration And Beyond: Avoiding Pitfalls In Drafting Dispute Resolution Clauses In Employment Contracts, Nancy A. Welsh
Faculty Scholarship
Article Extract:
You've just helped a mid-sized company, Allwell Corp., to reach a settlement in an action brought by a disgruntled former employee. The CEO turns to you and says, "Even though I still believe that we didn't do anything wrong, I'm glad this lawsuit is over. I can't believe how much money and time we've wasted in defending ourselves. Now, how can we keep this from happening in the future? I've been reading about companies putting arbitration clauses in all kinds of contracts. I want to know whether we can require our employees to arbitrate and maybe even require …