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Full-Text Articles in Law
Workers’ Compensation Controvert Research Guide, Phillip Kuck
Workers’ Compensation Controvert Research Guide, Phillip Kuck
Law Library Student-Authored Works
No abstract provided.
The Supreme Court’S Application Of 'Ordinary Contract Principles' To The Issue Of The Duration Of Retiree Healthcare Benefits: Perpetuating The Interpretation/Gap-Filling Quagmire, Robert A. Hillman
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The United States Supreme Court purported to apply "ordinary contract principles" in its decision reversing the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in M&G Polymers USA v. Tackett . The Sixth Circuit had held that plaintiffs, retired employees of M&G, were entitled to lifetime healthcare benefits under their union's agreement with M&G. According to the Supreme Court, the Sixth Circuit wrongly relied on a false set of "inferences" established in International Union v. Yard-Man, Inc. to find that "in the absence of extrinsic evidence to the contrary, the provisions of [the collective bargaining agreement] indicated an intent to vest …
Recoupment Of Pension Overpayments: Equitable Liens And Meaningful Reform After Montanile, Maria O'Brien, Jeanne Medeiros
Recoupment Of Pension Overpayments: Equitable Liens And Meaningful Reform After Montanile, Maria O'Brien, Jeanne Medeiros
Faculty Scholarship
This short paper reviews the current state of the law governing recoupment actions for defined benefit ERISA plans and focuses in particular on actions against retirees who are without fault for the overpayment. The paper argues that the current practices of many plans which focus on recovering overpayments without taking the consequences to the retiree into account are not required by either ERISA or the IRS. The practices which include ceasing all pension payments, huge cuts in payout amounts and unlimited reach back even in cases where the plan fiduciary has clearly breached its duty to participants, cause tremendous harm …
The Practice And Tax Consequences Of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, David I. Walker
The Practice And Tax Consequences Of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation, David I. Walker
Faculty Scholarship
Although nonqualified deferred compensation plans lack explicit tax preferences afforded qualified plans, it is well understood that nonqualified deferred compensation results in a joint tax advantage when employers earn a higher after‐tax return on deferred sums than employees could do on their own. Several commentators have proposed tax reform aimed at leveling the playing field between cash and nonqualified deferred compensation, but reform would not be easy or straightforward. This Article investigates nonqualified deferred compensation practices and shows that joint tax minimization often takes a backseat to accounting priorities and participant diversification concerns. In practice, the largest source of joint …
Western Cab Co. V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 10, (Mar. 16, 2017), Sydney Campau
Western Cab Co. V. Eighth Jud. Dist. Ct., 133 Nev. Adv. Op. 10, (Mar. 16, 2017), Sydney Campau
Nevada Supreme Court Summaries
An employer challenged the validity of Nevada’s Minimum Wage Amendment (MWA). The Court held that (1) the MWA is not preempted by the NLRA, (2) the MWA is not preempted by ERISA, and (3) the MWA is not unconstitutionally vague. The Court declined to address factual issues related to the employer’s wage calculations.
Law-And-Economics Approaches To Labour And Employment Law, Stewart J. Schwab
Law-And-Economics Approaches To Labour And Employment Law, Stewart J. Schwab
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
This article describes the distinctive approaches that law and economics takes to labour and employment law. The article distinguishes between ‘economic analysis of law’ and ‘law and economics’, with the former applying economic models to generally simple legal rules while the latter blends messier institutional detail with legal and economic thought. The article describes three eras of law-and-economics scholarship, recognizing that economics teaches that markets work and markets fail. Era One emphasizes that labour laws and mandatory employment rules might reduce overall social welfare by preventing a benefit or term from going to the party that values it most highly. …
Transition Support Mechanisms For Communities Facing Full Or Partial Coal Power Plant Retirement In New York, Lisa Anne Hamilton, Radina Valova, Karl R. Rábago
Transition Support Mechanisms For Communities Facing Full Or Partial Coal Power Plant Retirement In New York, Lisa Anne Hamilton, Radina Valova, Karl R. Rábago
Environmental Law Program Publications @ Haub Law
New York State is undergoing a rapid and unprecedented energy transformation, particularly in the electricity sector. As new resources and technologies emerge to meet the demands of 21st century life, regulators must balance the need for cost effective and equitable participation in wholesale power markets while maintaining reliability on the grid. Furthermore, it is critical that all New Yorkers participate fully in the promise of a revitalized and equitable energy future. Such a transformation requires that the needs of all communities are factored into the polices and regulations that move New York toward the bold goals set forth under its …
Incomprehensible Discrimination, James Grimmelmann, Daniel Westreich
Incomprehensible Discrimination, James Grimmelmann, Daniel Westreich
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
The following (fictional) opinion of the (fictional) Zootopia Supreme Court of the (fictional) State of Zootopia is designed to highlight one particularly interesting issue raised by Solon Barocas and Andrew Selbst in Big Data’s Disparate Impact. Their article discusses many ways in which data-intensive algorithmic methods can go wrong when they are used to make employment and other sensitive decisions. Our vignette deals with one in particular: the use of algorithmically derived models that are both predictive of a legitimate goal and have a disparate impact on some individuals. Like Barocas and Selbst, we think it raises fundamental questions about …
Some Thoughts On "Healthism" And Employee Benefits In The Age Of Trump, Brendan S. Maher
Some Thoughts On "Healthism" And Employee Benefits In The Age Of Trump, Brendan S. Maher
Faculty Scholarship
I look forward to the publication of HEALTHISM: HEALTH STATUS DISCRIMINATION AND THE LAW (hereinafter Healthism), by Jessica L. Roberts of the University of Houston Law Center and Elizabeth Weeks Leonard of the University of Georgia Law School.
On November 4, 2016, at the invitation of Professors Roberts and Weeks, I participated in a conference in which the discussants commented on Roberts and Weeks' forthcoming book and shared thoughts about the relevance of that work to various related fields. What follows here is somewhat different than those comments-although the general themes are the sameand is so in part because, four …
Petitioner's Reply Brief. Riley V. Elkhart Community Schools, 137 S.Ct. 1328 (No. 16-533), 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs Lexis 593, 2017 Wl 712023, Eric Schnapper, Robin Remley
Petitioner's Reply Brief. Riley V. Elkhart Community Schools, 137 S.Ct. 1328 (No. 16-533), 2017 U.S. S. Ct. Briefs Lexis 593, 2017 Wl 712023, Eric Schnapper, Robin Remley
Court Briefs
QUESTIONS PRESENTED (1) To establish a prima facie case of discrimination in promotion or hiring, is a plaintiff required to show that the position in question was filled by someone outside his or her protected group? (2) In Patterson v. McLean Credit Union, this Court held that in a case of alleged discrimination in hiring or promotion, a plaintiff “might seek to demonstrate that [the employer's] claim to have promoted a better qualified applicant was pretextual by showing that she was in fact better qualified than the person chosen for the position.” Ash v. Tyson Foods, Inc. recognized that the …
Partnerships In Employment Brief: Guidance On How To Obtain Data On The Use Of Subminimum Wages Within A State To Inform Systems Change Activities, Evelyn Doxey, Leslie Jaehning, Elise Mcmillan, Kristin Vandagriff, Jean Winsor
Partnerships In Employment Brief: Guidance On How To Obtain Data On The Use Of Subminimum Wages Within A State To Inform Systems Change Activities, Evelyn Doxey, Leslie Jaehning, Elise Mcmillan, Kristin Vandagriff, Jean Winsor
All Institute for Community Inclusion Publications
In October 2011, the Administration on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities awarded grants to lead agencies in six states: California, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, and Wisconsin. Two additional states, Alaska and Tennessee, received grants in October 2012. These states proposed activities to spur improved employment and postsecondary outcomes for youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Until the end of September 2016 the Institute for Community Inclusion and the National Association of State Directors of Developmental Disabilities Services provided training and technical assistance (TA) to the eight state projects through the Partnerships in Employment (PIE) Training and TA Center.
PIE …
Labour Protection For The Vulnerable: An Evaluation Of The Salary And Injury Claims System For Migrant Workers In Singapore, Tamera Fillinger, Nicholas Harrigan, Stephanie Chok, Amirah Amirrudin, Patricia Meyer, Meera Rajah, Debbie Fordyce
Labour Protection For The Vulnerable: An Evaluation Of The Salary And Injury Claims System For Migrant Workers In Singapore, Tamera Fillinger, Nicholas Harrigan, Stephanie Chok, Amirah Amirrudin, Patricia Meyer, Meera Rajah, Debbie Fordyce
Research Collection School of Social Sciences
This research seeks to review and analyze the protections afforded to migrant workers in Singapore who bring salary and injury claims to the Ministry of Manpower for resolution. Our focus is male Work Permit holders from Bangladesh, China, and India who make up the majority of the workforce in Singapore’s construction and marine sectors. Work Permit holders are the lowest wage category of foreign workers and comprise nearly a third of the overall workforce. While these workers play an important role in building the nation, they face workplace issues that many would not associate with a modern economy.
Newroom: Yelnosky: Future Of Public Sector Union 'Dues' 01-14-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newroom: Yelnosky: Future Of Public Sector Union 'Dues' 01-14-2017, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Sixth Circuit Undermines Labor Statute, Angela B. Cornell
Sixth Circuit Undermines Labor Statute, Angela B. Cornell
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Connecting Nineteenth-Century Antislavery And Labor Movements With Twenty-First-Century Workers’ Rights, Anne M. Lofaso
Connecting Nineteenth-Century Antislavery And Labor Movements With Twenty-First-Century Workers’ Rights, Anne M. Lofaso
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Rwu First Amendment Blog: Dean Michael Yelnosky's Blog: The First Amendment And Public Sector Union "Dues" 1-9-2017, Michael J. Yelnosky
Rwu First Amendment Blog: Dean Michael Yelnosky's Blog: The First Amendment And Public Sector Union "Dues" 1-9-2017, Michael J. Yelnosky
Law School Blogs
No abstract provided.
Newsroom: Yelnosky On 'Persuader Rule' 01-03-2017, Pat Murphy, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Newsroom: Yelnosky On 'Persuader Rule' 01-03-2017, Pat Murphy, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Life of the Law School (1993- )
No abstract provided.
Debating Employee Non-Competes And Trade Secrets, Sharon Sandeen, Elizabeth A. Rowe
Debating Employee Non-Competes And Trade Secrets, Sharon Sandeen, Elizabeth A. Rowe
Faculty Scholarship
Recently, a cacophony of concerns have been raised about the propriety of noncompetition agreements (NCAs) entered into between employers and employees, fueled by media reports of agreements which attempt to restrain low-wage and low-skilled workers, such as sandwich makers and dog walkers. In the lead-up to the passage of the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of2016 (DTSA), public policy arguments in favor of employee mobility were strongly advocated by those representing the "California view" on the enforceability of NCAs, leading to a special provision of the DTSA that limits injunctive relief with respect to employee NCAs. Through our lens as …
Dissonance Between Personal Belief And Professional Values And The Challenge Of Facing Other Conflicting Ideas, Christopher Tan
Dissonance Between Personal Belief And Professional Values And The Challenge Of Facing Other Conflicting Ideas, Christopher Tan
Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics
It is the recommendation of this author that, in regards to this case, Jess Smith should complete the project despite her misgivings about the ethical nature of the band. However, Smith should ensure that both the client and manager are notified of her concerns along with the specific components of the project with which she took issue. The case of Jess Smith and the Design Firm ultimately highlights the issue regarding how to resolve dissonance between personal belief and professional values and more broadly the challenge of facing other ideas that challenge an individual’s personal convictions.
Introduction (Unequal: How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law), Sandra F. Sperino, Suja A. Thomas
Introduction (Unequal: How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law), Sandra F. Sperino, Suja A. Thomas
Faculty Articles and Other Publications
This is chapter 1 of Sandra F. Sperino and Suja A. Thomas, Unequal: How America's Courts Undermine Discrimination Law (2017)
Coaches In Court: Legal Challenges To Sex Discrimination In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis
Coaches In Court: Legal Challenges To Sex Discrimination In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis
Faculty Scholarship
Sex discrimination continues to operate in the working environment of college athletics. Female coaches experience bias both because of their sex and the intersections of gender stereotypes with stereotypes about women of color, lesbians, and aging. The law continues to be a leverage to challenge barriers to women’s leadership in college sports. This Article provides an overview of the relevant legal protections in three cases brought by coaches Beth Burns, Tracey Griesbaum, and Shannon Miller. Their cases expose discrimination and the double standard related to the value of female coaches’ success.
Transsexual, Transgender, Trans: Reading Judicial Nomenclature In Title Vii Cases, Kris Franklin, Sarah Chinn
Transsexual, Transgender, Trans: Reading Judicial Nomenclature In Title Vii Cases, Kris Franklin, Sarah Chinn
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.
Addressing The Retirement Crisis With Shadow 401(K)S, Deepa Das Acevedo
Addressing The Retirement Crisis With Shadow 401(K)S, Deepa Das Acevedo
Faculty Articles
The United States has been juggling a handful of socio-economic crises lately. The subprime mortgage crisis, the auto industry crisis, the education crisis, the obesity crisis—the list isn’t short and shows no signs of becoming so. Within this group of economically and socially disruptive developments, the “retirement crisis”—the idea that most Americans will lack the financial resources to be secure and relatively satisfied in their golden years—seems somewhat banal because, for the most part, it has yet to hit. Even though baby boomers first started to age out of the workforce in 2011,the real cost of underfunded retirement is far …
Employer Liability For Non-Employee Discrimination, Dallan F. Flake
Employer Liability For Non-Employee Discrimination, Dallan F. Flake
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Teaching Law As A Vocation: Local 1330, Promissory Estoppel, And The Critical Tradition In Labour Scholarship, Michael Fischl
Teaching Law As A Vocation: Local 1330, Promissory Estoppel, And The Critical Tradition In Labour Scholarship, Michael Fischl
Faculty Articles and Papers
A central feature of early work associated with critical legal studies was an effort to ‘break the seal’ between teaching and writing, the supposedly dichotomous dimensions of academic life. This essay locates the link in a ‘demystification’ project – a relentless focus on the recurring rhetorical structures of legal reasoning and argument – and nowhere is it more evident than in critical labour scholarship. The essay offers an extended illustration by deploying a series of critical classroom techniques in a study of Local 1330 v. U.S. Steel, a tragically unsuccessful effort by a union to prevent the closing of a …
The Afscme – State Of Illinois Negotiations: Traveling In Uncharted Waters, Martin Malin
The Afscme – State Of Illinois Negotiations: Traveling In Uncharted Waters, Martin Malin
All Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Prop Up The Heavenly Chorus? Labor Unions, Tax Policy, And Political Voice Equality, Philip T. Hackney
Prop Up The Heavenly Chorus? Labor Unions, Tax Policy, And Political Voice Equality, Philip T. Hackney
Journal Articles
Labor Unions are nonprofit organizations that provide laborers a voice before their employer and before governments. They are classic interest groups. United States federal tax policy exempts labor unions from the income tax, but effectively prohibits labor union members from deducting union dues from the individual income tax. Because these two policies directly impact the political voice of laborers, I consider primarily the value of political fairness in evaluating these tax policies rather than the typical tax critique of economic fairness or efficiency. I apply a model that presumes our democracy should aim for one person, one political voice. For …
Checking The Government’S Deception Through Public Employee Speech, Helen Norton
Checking The Government’S Deception Through Public Employee Speech, Helen Norton
Publications
No abstract provided.
Justice Scalia's Labor Jurisprudence- Justice Denied, Anne M. Lofaso
Justice Scalia's Labor Jurisprudence- Justice Denied, Anne M. Lofaso
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Deflategate: What's The Steelworkers Trilogy Got To Do With It?, Anne M. Lofaso
Deflategate: What's The Steelworkers Trilogy Got To Do With It?, Anne M. Lofaso
Law Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.