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The Surprising Cost Of Benefits: The Legislative History Of The Federal Black Lung Benefits Program, Jonathan P. Nase

Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law

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Hybrid Federalism And The Employee Right To Disconnect, Paul M. Secunda

Pepperdine Law Review

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) administers specific workplace and health standards that generally and expressly preempt the entire field of workplace safety and health law. However, where such federal OSHA standards do not exist or states have developed their own approved OSHA plans, OSHA does not merely set a regulatory floor either. A type of “hybrid federalism” has been established, meaning a strong federal-based field preemption approach to labor and employment law issues, but tied to a conflict preemption approach. Applying this hybrid preemption approach to the employee right to disconnect problem provides the best opportunity to …

Drug And Alcohol Abuse In Mining: An Employer's Dilemma, Barbara L. Krause

Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law

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Current Issues In The Law Of Discrimination And Miners' Rights Under The Federal Mine Safety & Health Act Of 1977, Thomas C. Means

Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law

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The Voluntary Work Program: A Discussion On Minimum Wage For Civil Immigration Detainees, Rita Cinquemani

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Rights And Wellbeing Of People With Disabilities During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Elizabeth Pendo

Chapters in Books

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated significant inequities experienced by people with disabilities. It has also emphasized the value of legal protections against discrimination based on disability. The Americans with Disabilities Act was enacted 30 years ago to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities and ensure equal opportunity across major areas of American life (ADA, 2008). Together with an earlier law, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Rehabilitation Act, 2012), this landmark civil rights law impacts a broad range of issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic and protects a large and growing number of Americans. This Chapter focuses on application …

Collective Representation And Bargaining For Self-Employed Workers: Final Report, Sara Slinn

Commissioned Reports, Studies and Public Policy Documents

This report seeks to identify and discuss feasible models for collective representation and bargaining for self-employed contractors in the federal jurisdiction. The term “self-employed contractors” refers to workers who would be classified as “independent contractors” under the Canada Labour Code (CLC) Part I and, consequently, be excluded from the ambit of CLC collective representation and bargaining provisions. The study utilizes fieldwork, in the form of interviews and focus group discussions, in four sectors of interest, namely, road transportation, broadcast media, technology, and telecommunications, in order to explore and assess potential models for statutory collective representation and bargaining for self-employed workers. …

The Human Capital Management Movement In U.S. Corporate Law, George S. Georgiev

Articles

Corporations cannot exist without workers, yet workers are not part of the formal or informal governance structures established by U.S. corporate law. Commentators and policymakers have bemoaned this state of affairs for decades, to little avail. Since the mid-2010s, however, a concept related to workers, human capital management (HCM), has become an increasingly prominent part of U.S. corporate governance. HCM is premised on the notion that workers can be viewed as "assets" and ought to be managed just as carefully as firms manage physical and capital assets. In practice, HCM is an expansive concept that has been used to refer …

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Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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Deputizing The Frontline: Enforcing Workplace Rights In A Post-Pandemic Economy, Elizabeth J. Kennedy

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

The COVID-19 pandemic exploded against a backdrop of federal retrenchment and repeal of workplace rights and protections for frontline workers, casting a spotlight on systemic racial inequity. While states and cities emerged as the last line of defense for wage standards in the United States, the sweeping application of mandatory arbitration agreements and restrictions on class actions makes enforcing those new rights difficult, if not impossible. A forecasted post-pandemic recession will further undermine the ability of workers to advocate for higher wages and diminish the capacity of enforcement agencies to combat wage theft. Given the enormity of this crisis, any …

Can Millennials Deliver On Equal Pay? Why The Time Is Finally Right For Pay Transparency, Susan R. Fiorentino, Sandra M. Tomkowicz

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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"I Know It When I See It": The Nlrb's Glaring Inconsistencies When Classifying Workers, Hunter Igoe

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

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On The Waterfront: Dissecting The Scope Of Erisa Section 510, Max Birmingham

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Wall Street's Enormous Net: How Scaling Back Statutory Disqualifications Would Better Harmonize Statutes And Practices With The Times, Kelly Breslauer

Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

J Mich Dent Assoc March 2021

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Every month, The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association brings news, information, and features about Michigan dentistry to our state's oral health community and the MDA's 6,200+ members. No publication reaches more Michigan dentists!

In this issue, the reader will find the following original content:

• A cover story, “Vaccination by Dentists: Integrating Vaccination into Dental Practice”.
• A feature article on “Creating Opportunities for HPV Awareness and Prevention in Dental Health Care Settings”.
• The feature article, “MDA Legislative Advocacy 2021: What We’ve Done and What’s to Come”.
• “How COVID-19 Has Impacted Michigan Dentists”, a feature article.
• News you need, Editorial and …

Twenty-First Century Labor Law: Striking The Right Balance Between Workplace Civility Rules That Accommodate Equal Employment Opportunity Obligations And The Loss Of Protection For Concerted Activities Under The National Labor Relations Act, Christine Neylon O'Brien

William & Mary Business Law Review

Employees who engage in protected concerted activities relating to work generally are shielded from discipline by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Where otherwise protected work-related activity involves profanity or offensive speech or actions, whether in or out of the workplace, on a picket line, or on social media, such may violate employer civility rules and/or equal employment opportunity laws. Important interests are at stake, including for employers to maintain a safe, discrimination-free workplace; and for employees to exercise their right to communicate about workplace matters. This Article analyzes recent cases on the question when offensive employee …

Labor Strike From The Perspective Of Jurisprudence (Fiqh) And Law, Hassan Mohammed Al-Rifai

UAEU Law Journal

This thesis is about thelabor strike in terms of the jurisprudence and law. It includes the following topics:  To define of the “labor strike” in terms of its jurisprudential and legal concept and adaptation.  To set forth the effects of the “labor strike” in terms of law on both, labor contract signed between the striking workers and their employer, and the employer’s obligations towards his customers.  To display and discuss the Islamic jurisprudence’s attitude towards the “labor strike” through indicating the opinion of a group of contemporary scholars who allows labor strike.  Then, to display and …

Nothing Is Inevitable: A Rejection Of The Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine Under The Defend Trade Secrets Act, Jacqueline R. Mancini

St. John's Law Review

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Until June 2013, Manish Desai worked for Molon Motor and Coil Corporation (“Molon”) as Head of Quality Control. In June of that year, Desai left Molon to take a position with a competitor of Molon, Nidec Motor Corporation (“Nidec”). Molon brought suit against Nidec for trade secret misappropriation and alleged that Desai copied confidential information onto a flash drive before his departure. Based on these allegations, Molon argued not only that Desai unlawfully disclosed its trade secrets but also that “Nidec used and continues to use that information.” Molon brought suit under the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act and …

As Society Strives For Reduced Contact During The Pandemic, How Can Human Microchipping Help?, Nanci K. Carr

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

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Making The Extraordinary Ordinary: Examining The Impact Of Shifting Immigration Policies On Professional Athletics In The United States, Rachel Insalaco

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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Shut Up And Pitch: Major League Baseball's Power Struggle With Minor League Players In Senne V. Kansas City Royals Baseball Corp., Bernadette Berger

Jeffrey S. Moorad Sports Law Journal (1994 - )

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Untangling Discrimination: The Crown Act And Protecting Black Hair, Alesha Hamilton

University of Cincinnati Law Review

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Structural Labor Rights, Hiba Hafiz

Michigan Law Review

American labor law was designed to ensure equal bargaining power between workers and employers. But workers’ collective power against increasingly dominant employers has disintegrated. With union density at an abysmal 6.2 percent in the private sector—a level unequaled since the Great Depression— the vast majority of workers depend only on individual negotiations with employers to lift stagnant wages and ensure upward economic mobility. But decentralized, individual bargaining is not enough. Economists and legal scholars increasingly agree that, absent regulation to protect workers’ collective rights, labor markets naturally strengthen employers’ bargaining power over workers. Existing labor and antitrust law have failed …

Noncompete Agreements In The U.S. Labor Force, Evan P. Starr, J.J. Prescott, Norman D. Bishara

Articles

Using nationally representative survey data on 11,505 labor force participants, we examine the use and implementation of noncompete agreements and the employee outcomes associated with these provisions. Approximately 18 percent of labor force participants are bound by noncompetes, with 38 percent having agreed to at least one in the past. Noncompetes are more likely to be found in high-skill, high-paying jobs, but they are also common in low-skill, low-paying jobs and in states where noncompetes are unenforceable. Only 10 percent of employees negotiate over their noncompetes, and about one-third of employees are presented with noncompetes after having already accepted job …

The Guarantees Of Laborers To Terminate Work Contract For Technical And Economic Reasons Under Palestinian Law: A Comparative Study, Ibrahem Yahya, Mr. Amr Saabneh

UAEU Law Journal

This research deals with the guarantees of the employee while the Palestinian legislator authorized the employer to terminate the labor contract for technical and economic reasons "loss". This research discusses these guarantees for the legitimate reasons have been regulated under article 41 of the Palestinian Labor Law .This research aims at clarifying the reasonable criterions For the technical reason to make a balance between the conflicting interests between the employer and the employee, as well as the adoption of the criterion of "extraordinary event" in the loss, in order to achieve a guarantee of the employee in light of the …

Building Back Better: Investing In A Resilient Recovery For Washington State, Kevin Tempest, Jonah Kurman-Faber, Ruby Wincele

Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy

This article analyzes the potential jobs and community health benefits created by a sample Resilient Recovery Portfolio of investments in Washington State. This type of investment mindset can kick-start job growth, shared economic prosperity, cleaner air, and climate-resilient communities, thereby serving as a template for Building Back Better in Washington and elsewhere. A Resilient Recovery Portfolio supports over ten jobs per million dollars invested in clean transportation, forest conservation and ecosystem restoration, clean energy, water and energy efficiency, low carbon agriculture, and sustainable industry programs. By comparison, the state’s ten largest industries support 4.3 jobs per million dollars invested. This …

Machine Monitoring Of Workers: A Brave New Workplace, Anne M. Lofaso

Law Faculty Scholarship

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الحماية القانونية لأجر العامل في القانون الفلسطيني "دراسة مقارنة" د. أنس موسى حسن أبو العون– الباحث/ إبراهيم خالد يحيى

UAEU Law Journal

سعى البحث إلى ضبط دور المشرع الفلسطيني في توفير ضمانات لأجر العامل من زاوية مفهوم الأجر، وذلك من خلال تحديد مفهوم الأجر وما يتبعه من ملحقات في القانون الفلسطيني، حيث حاول البحث في الجزء الأول منه تحديد ما يعد من قبيل الأجر، وما لا يعد كذلك، بغية إسباغ الحماية على ما يدخل في مفهوم الأجر ومشتملاته. فعالج البحث الأجر عن العمل الإضافي ومدى اعتباره جزءاً من الأجر، والحد الأدنى للأجور، ومدى فعالية النصوص القانونية في تحديده ومواكبته للتطورات الاقتصادية، ومعرفة نظرة المشرع الفلسطيني الاجتماعية للأجر لسد حاجة العامل وحاجة أسرته، والتطرق لاستحقاق العامل الأجر دون عمل فعلي، ومناقشة قاعدة عدم …

Age Diversity, Alexander Boni-Saenz

All Faculty Scholarship

This Article is the first to examine age diversity in the legal literature, mapping out its descriptive, normative, and legal dimensions. Age diversity is a plural concept, as heterogeneity of age can take many forms in various human institutions. Likewise, the normative rationales for these assorted age diversities are rooted in distinct theoretical foundations, making the case for or against age diversity contextual rather than universal. A host of legal rules play a significant role in regulating age diversity, influencing the presence of different generations in the workplace, judiciary, and Congress. Better understanding the nature and consequences of age diversity …

Vol. 38, No. 1, Robert Bruno, Nicholas Christen

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

Educating During a Pandemic: The Role of Collective Bargaining in Going Back to School

By Robert Bruno and Nicholas Christen

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