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Same Law, Different Day: A Survey Of The Last Thirty Years Of Wage Litigation And Its Impact On Low-Wage Workers, Nantiya Ruan Jan 2013

Same Law, Different Day: A Survey Of The Last Thirty Years Of Wage Litigation And Its Impact On Low-Wage Workers, Nantiya Ruan

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

There can be little doubt that actions to recover lost wages from employers have increased dramatically in the last thirty years. Since the 1970’s, American workers have become subject to a “24/7 marketplace workweek.” Off-the-clock work, misclassification, contingent jobs, and wage theft have become far more prevalent in the last three decades. A few snapshots in time reflect this trend. In 1997, some 1,600 wage suits were filed in federal court. In 2007, just ten years later, the number of wage suits jumped to 7,310. In just one year, 2006-2007, the number of filed wage cases increased by 73 percent. …


Four Signal Moments In Whistleblower Law: 1983-2013, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp Jan 2013

Four Signal Moments In Whistleblower Law: 1983-2013, Geoffrey Christopher Rapp

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

This contribution to the 30th anniversary symposium of the Hofstra Labor and Employment Law Journal identifies four signal legal changes in the law governing whistleblowers between 1983 and 2013. Three of these are well known and easily identified -- the amendments to the federal False Claims Act enacted in 1986, the Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblower protection scheme enacted in 2002, and the Dodd-Frank securities fraud whistleblower bounty program enacted in 2010. Equally important may prove the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (actually enacted in 2006), which created an unusual carrot for state law whistleblower reward and protection reform. After discussing the impact …


Then And Now: How Technology Has Changed The Workplace, Nancy B. Schess, Esq. Jan 2013

Then And Now: How Technology Has Changed The Workplace, Nancy B. Schess, Esq.

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Total Recall: The Rise And Fall Of Teacher Tenure, Laura Mcneal Jan 2013

Total Recall: The Rise And Fall Of Teacher Tenure, Laura Mcneal

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Implementing A Long Term Work Visa Program To Document The Undocumented And Protect The U.S. Workforce, Diana M. Cannino Jan 2013

Implementing A Long Term Work Visa Program To Document The Undocumented And Protect The U.S. Workforce, Diana M. Cannino

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The Future: They Will Lead; The Law Will Follow, Robert A. Kearney Jan 2013

The Future: They Will Lead; The Law Will Follow, Robert A. Kearney

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Pleading Disability After The Adaaa, Kevin Barry, Brian East, Marcy Karin Jan 2013

Pleading Disability After The Adaaa, Kevin Barry, Brian East, Marcy Karin

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

Five years ago, Congress passed the ADA Amendments Act, and amended the definition of disability to reinstate the ADA’s broad scope of coverage, which had been unduly narrowed by the Supreme Court and lower courts for nearly twenty years. Three years ago, the EEOC revised its regulations to clarify that broad scope of coverage. Since then, courts have gone to work interpreting this new scope of coverage. The preliminary results are good, but they could be better.

While the ADAAA made a host of important changes to the ADA’s definition of disability, employee-side lawyers need to do a better job …


"Friending" The Nlrb: The Connection Between Social Media, "Concerted Activities" And Employer Interests, Regina Robson Jan 2013

"Friending" The Nlrb: The Connection Between Social Media, "Concerted Activities" And Employer Interests, Regina Robson

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Unprecedented Factory Fire Of Tazreen Fashions In Bangladesh: Revisiting Bangladeshi Labor Laws In Light Of Their Equivalents In Australia, S. M. Solaiman Jan 2013

Unprecedented Factory Fire Of Tazreen Fashions In Bangladesh: Revisiting Bangladeshi Labor Laws In Light Of Their Equivalents In Australia, S. M. Solaiman

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Reimagining The Law Of Self-Employment: A Comparative Perspective, Jayesh M. Rathod, Michal Skapski Jan 2013

Reimagining The Law Of Self-Employment: A Comparative Perspective, Jayesh M. Rathod, Michal Skapski

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

U.S. employment law has traditionally disfavored bright-line rules to distinguish between traditional “employees” and independent contractors, instead relying on more flexible criteria, to be applied on a case-by-case basis. This fluidity has enabled employers to structure these relationships – and the corresponding bundle of worker rights and benefits – in ways that serve their own material and normative interests. Indeed, recent employment law literature has noted a dramatic shift towards independent contracting and contingent worker schemes in the U.S., even when the actual workplace dynamics are more akin to an employer-employee relationship. These same trends are now visible on the …


Left In The Dark: How New York's Taylor Law Impairs Collective Bargaining, Jason A. Zwara Jan 2013

Left In The Dark: How New York's Taylor Law Impairs Collective Bargaining, Jason A. Zwara

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Bringing Jobs Back To The American People: The Need For A Recognized Labor Relations Priviledge In The Aftermath Of The Economic Recession, Christopher M. Muñiz Jan 2013

Bringing Jobs Back To The American People: The Need For A Recognized Labor Relations Priviledge In The Aftermath Of The Economic Recession, Christopher M. Muñiz

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The Liquidating Fiduciary: A Hidden Exception To Warn Act Liability, John-Ethan Gionis Jan 2013

The Liquidating Fiduciary: A Hidden Exception To Warn Act Liability, John-Ethan Gionis

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Beyond The Water Cooler: Speech And The Workplace In An Era Of Social Media, Ann C. Mcginley, Ryan P. Mcginley-Stempel Jan 2012

Beyond The Water Cooler: Speech And The Workplace In An Era Of Social Media, Ann C. Mcginley, Ryan P. Mcginley-Stempel

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Drug Testing Of Medical Marijuana Users In The Workplace: An Inaccurate Test Of Impairment, Stacy A. Hickox Jan 2012

Drug Testing Of Medical Marijuana Users In The Workplace: An Inaccurate Test Of Impairment, Stacy A. Hickox

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Affirmative Action For Lgbt Applicants & Employees: A Proposed Regulatory Scheme, Ryan H. Nelson Jan 2012

Affirmative Action For Lgbt Applicants & Employees: A Proposed Regulatory Scheme, Ryan H. Nelson

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

The “ENDA Executive Order” would require federal contractors to take affirmative action to recruit and employ lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) individuals. If the ENDA Executive Order is signed into law, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) would be tasked with developing the regulations to implement it without having had the benefit of public debate. This article seeks to begin that debate by proposing a set of regulations that would effectuate the purpose of the ENDA Executive Order (e.g., equal employment opportunity for LGBT individuals) without overburdening contractors.

With recognition that LGBT employment discrimination laws are novel …


Gender, Family, And Work, Marcia L. Mccormick Jan 2012

Gender, Family, And Work, Marcia L. Mccormick

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Thoughts On The Latest Battles Over Erisa's Remedies, Brendan S. Maher Jan 2012

Thoughts On The Latest Battles Over Erisa's Remedies, Brendan S. Maher

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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Fits And Starts For Mandatory Arbitration, Roger B. Jacobs Jan 2012

Fits And Starts For Mandatory Arbitration, Roger B. Jacobs

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Punishment And Work Law Compliance: Lessons From Chile, Cesar F. Rosado Marzan Jan 2012

Punishment And Work Law Compliance: Lessons From Chile, Cesar F. Rosado Marzan

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

Workplace law activists and reformers find it increasingly more difficult to obtain redress for violation of workers’ rights. Some of them are calling for stricter enforcement and tougher penalties to bring employers into compliance. However, after seven and half months of participant observation at the Labor Directorate and the labor courts of Chile, institutions that use punishment as their main tools of enforcement, I am skeptical about the likelihood of success of mere punishment for effective workplace law enforcement and compliance. I am skeptical even though Chile is a country recognized as the Latin American “jaguar” for its successful economy …


The Great Recession, The Resulting Budget Shortfalls, The 2010 Elections And The Attack On Public Sector Collective Bargaining In The United States, Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt, Winston Lin Jan 2012

The Great Recession, The Resulting Budget Shortfalls, The 2010 Elections And The Attack On Public Sector Collective Bargaining In The United States, Kenneth Glenn Dau-Schmidt, Winston Lin

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

American public sector unions and collective bargaining have been subjected to a vicious attack under the auspices of balancing government budgets, promoting "equity" between private and public employees and limiting the impact of "special interests" on government policy. The American and world financial crisis of 2007 resulted in the Great Recession of 2008 and substantial budget shortfalls for local and national governments world-wide. This financial crisis and the resulting disintegration of aggregate demand and employment are eerily similar to the financial crisis and collapse that led to the Great Depression of the 1930’s. However, unlike the calamity of the 1930’s, …


The "Miscellaneous Employee": Exploring The Boundaries Of The Fair Labor Standards Act's Administrative Exemption, Blake R. Bertagna Jan 2012

The "Miscellaneous Employee": Exploring The Boundaries Of The Fair Labor Standards Act's Administrative Exemption, Blake R. Bertagna

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Robbing A Barren Vault: The Implication Of Dukes V. Wal-Mart For Cases Challenging Subjective Employment Practices, Elizabeth Tippett Jan 2012

Robbing A Barren Vault: The Implication Of Dukes V. Wal-Mart For Cases Challenging Subjective Employment Practices, Elizabeth Tippett

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

This article examines federal opinions from 2005-2011 challenging subjective employment practices under a 'disparate impact' or 'pattern or practice' theory to assess the likely impact of Dukes v. Wal-Mart on such cases. Although the Wal-Mart ruling favors employers, results suggest that the ruling’s effect on employer selection practices will be muted by the low prevalence of such claims. An average employer’s litigation risk in connection with such claims is so vanishingly small that I surmise they rarely examine or alter their subjective selection practices in response. However, the risk of a lawsuit challenging subjective employment practices was not homogenous across …


Bad Reputation?: The Potential Negative Impact Of Outsourcing On The Legal Profession, Jennifer Spellman, Jeannea Varrichio Jan 2012

Bad Reputation?: The Potential Negative Impact Of Outsourcing On The Legal Profession, Jennifer Spellman, Jeannea Varrichio

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Eastern Enterprises As The Canary In The Coalmine: Will The Supreme Court Hamper The Gulf Workforce By Continuing To Confuse The Constitutionality Of Retrograde Liability Provisions?, Jacob Claveloux Jan 2012

Eastern Enterprises As The Canary In The Coalmine: Will The Supreme Court Hamper The Gulf Workforce By Continuing To Confuse The Constitutionality Of Retrograde Liability Provisions?, Jacob Claveloux

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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North American Border Wars: The Role Of Canadian And American Scholarship In U.S. Labor Law Reform Debates, Michael J. Zimmer, Susan Bisom-Rapp Jan 2012

North American Border Wars: The Role Of Canadian And American Scholarship In U.S. Labor Law Reform Debates, Michael J. Zimmer, Susan Bisom-Rapp

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

The economies of Canada and the United States and the organization of their societies are deeply interrelated but significant differences exist. This article briefly traces the interaction between the two countries in the development of labor relations laws with a particular emphasis on the impact of scholarly work on U.S. labor law reform debates in the last two decades. Instructive for that purpose is the work of Professor Paul Weiler, a prominent figure in labor law policy discussions in both countries. A significant architect of labor law in Canada, Professor Weiler came to Harvard Law School in 1978 and brought …


The Labor Law Jurisprudence Of Wilma Liebman, David L. Gregory, Ian Hayes, Amanda Jaret Jan 2012

The Labor Law Jurisprudence Of Wilma Liebman, David L. Gregory, Ian Hayes, Amanda Jaret

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Lactation Breaks In The Workplace: What Employers Need To Know About The Nursing Mothers Amendment To The Flsa, Sarah Andrews Jan 2012

Lactation Breaks In The Workplace: What Employers Need To Know About The Nursing Mothers Amendment To The Flsa, Sarah Andrews

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The First Prong's Effect On The Docket: How The Second Circuit Should Modify The Mcdonnell Douglas Framework In Title Vii Reverse Discrimination Claims, Ryan Mainhardt, William Volet Jan 2012

The First Prong's Effect On The Docket: How The Second Circuit Should Modify The Mcdonnell Douglas Framework In Title Vii Reverse Discrimination Claims, Ryan Mainhardt, William Volet

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Drawing A Line In The Shifting Sand Of Social Media: Attempting To Prevent Teachers From "Liking" A Student Outside The Classroom, James R. Baez, Kerri E. Caufield Jan 2012

Drawing A Line In The Shifting Sand Of Social Media: Attempting To Prevent Teachers From "Liking" A Student Outside The Classroom, James R. Baez, Kerri E. Caufield

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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