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Labor Law-Back Pay Awards-Duty Of Discharged Employee To Seek Other Employment, Howard A. Cole S.Ed. Apr 1956

Labor Law-Back Pay Awards-Duty Of Discharged Employee To Seek Other Employment, Howard A. Cole S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The National Labor Relations Board issued a back pay order in favor of the victim of a discriminatory discharge, computing the award on the basis of the earnings of the dischargee's replacement during the period of discrimination less the amount actually earned by the dischargee in other employment during the same period. The dischargee had registered with the state unemployment agency but had earned only $294.20 over a two-year period. On petition for enforcement of the order, held, order set aside and case remanded. Where a dischargee earns only a small amount of money over a long period of …


Insurance-Reinstatement-''Insurability", Joseph G. Egan S.Ed. Jun 1950

Insurance-Reinstatement-''Insurability", Joseph G. Egan S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

lnsured took out a policy of life insurance with defendant company which contained a clause providing for reinstatement within five years after default on presentation "of evidence of insurability satisfactory to the company" and payment of overdue premiums with interest. After default in payment of premiums, insured requested reinstatement. The insured had taken up aviation in the interval between issuance of the policy and the request for reinstatement. The company agreed to reinstate on condition that the insured would agree to a modification of the policy, so that it would not cover death resulting from operation of any kind of …


Labor Law - Jurisdiction Of Courts Over Actions By Member Against Union - Necessity Of Exhausting Trade Union And Adminstrative Remedies, John W. Potter Aug 1942

Labor Law - Jurisdiction Of Courts Over Actions By Member Against Union - Necessity Of Exhausting Trade Union And Adminstrative Remedies, John W. Potter

Michigan Law Review

In cases involving the discipline of union members by a trade union, and the member's right of redress for such disciplinary action, one of the most consistently quoted maxims is that the remedies offered by the union must be exhausted before the court will assume jurisdiction. Imbued with the desire to do justice, courts have made many exceptions to the general rule, and the problem presented is when the courts will require the exhaustion of internal remedies.


Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Employer's Refusal To Hire A Union Member As An "Unfair Labor Practice", Oliver B. Crager Jun 1941

Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Employer's Refusal To Hire A Union Member As An "Unfair Labor Practice", Oliver B. Crager

Michigan Law Review

Following a strike at respondent corporation which had started prior to the effective date of the National Labor Relations Act, the respondent refused to hire two men who had ceased to be in its employ before the strike but who sought employment after its close. The National Labor Relations Board, finding that the men had been refused employment because of their affiliations with a union and hence that the respondent had violated section 8(3) of the act, ordered the corporation to offer the two men employment and also ordered reimbursement for the loss of pay, minus actual earnings in the …


Labor Law - Unincorporated Unions As Entities For The Purpose Of Being Made Parties Defendant, Rex B. Martin May 1941

Labor Law - Unincorporated Unions As Entities For The Purpose Of Being Made Parties Defendant, Rex B. Martin

Michigan Law Review

Union officials wrongfully discharged plaintiffs from the union. Plaintiffs, being unable to procure employment in a "closed-shop" trade, asked for a writ of mandamus to direct defendants, as representatives of the association, to reinstate plaintiffs and recompense them for damages suffered. Held, that a reinstatement order and a damage judgment against the union should be granted. Nissen v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, etc., (Iowa, 1941) 295 N. W. 858.


Labor Law-Reinstatement Of Sit-Down Strikers Not Formally Discharged By The Employer, Walter B. Connolly Mar 1941

Labor Law-Reinstatement Of Sit-Down Strikers Not Formally Discharged By The Employer, Walter B. Connolly

Michigan Law Review

A one-day sit-down strike occurred in the employer's plant on March 16, 1937. A general strike was called on the following day and lasted until June 24, 1937. On March 25, 1937, the employer sent a notice to all employees including the "sit-downers" urging them to return to work. The National Labor Relations Board found the company guilty of various unfair labor practices, all of which occurred during the general strike, and ordered a reinstatement of all employees who were on strike March 23, 1937, with back pay and full seniority rights. Petitioner asserted that the men who engaged in …


Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Employee Misconduct As Barring Relief, John C. Griffin Jun 1939

Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Employee Misconduct As Barring Relief, John C. Griffin

Michigan Law Review

The problem to be considered in this comment is the extent to which employees will, as a consequence of wrongful action on their part, be denied benefits secured to them by the National Labor Relations Act. Inherently, the discussion must also include the examination of another fundamental issue; viz., what is the proper relation between the National Labor Relations Board and the courts on this problem? The substantive question may arise either where the employer seeks to justify a discharge of the worker because of alleged misconduct, or where the misconduct is sought to be used as an estoppel against …


Labor Law - Workers Who Struck Prior To Effective Date Of National Labor Relations Act As "Employees" Within The Meaning Of Act, Edward J. Wendrow Nov 1938

Labor Law - Workers Who Struck Prior To Effective Date Of National Labor Relations Act As "Employees" Within The Meaning Of Act, Edward J. Wendrow

Michigan Law Review

Prior to the passage of the Wagner Act, respondent's employees went on strike when the respondent refused to negotiate with the union. Thereupon respondent notified them they were all discharged and that the mill was closing down. Subsequent to the effective date of the act, respondent still refused to negotiate with the union and refused to hire any strikers who would not sign a "yellow dog" contract. The National Labor Relations Board held the refusal to negotiate and the discrimination in regard to hire to be violations of section 8 (5) and (3) respectively of the act and, inter alia …