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Sexual Harassment: Limiting The Affirmative Defense In The Digital Workplace, Donald P. Harris, Daniel B. Garrie, Matthew J. Armstrong

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

Digital communications sexual harassment is on the rise. Such harassment occurs through sexually offensive and unwarranted e-mails, placing harassing messages on electronic bulletin boards, and other forms of harassment that occur through the Internet. To date, courts have remained silent on the issue of sexual harassment by digital communications. Should this type of harassment be treated any differently than harassment that occurs in the physical space? The somewhat surprising answer is yes.

This Article advocates applying a new judicial framework for addressing digital communications sexual harassment. This new framework accounts for the real-world technology in the digital workplace and the …

The Limitation On Undocumented Workers’ Lost Earnings After Balbuena And Sanango: Crafting A Fair And Principled Balance Of Immigration Policy And New York State Labor Law § 240 Safety Goals, Meredith R. Miller

Scholarly Works

In December 2004, in a pair of cases, the Appellate

Division, First Department, held that under state labor

and tort laws, injured workers who are not legally permitted

to be present or employed in the United States

are only entitled to receive lost earnings reflecting what

they could have earned in their country of origin. This

article explores these First Department decisions by first

discussing the federal statutory and decisional backdrop

against which the cases arose. This article then

provides a discussion of the First Department cases and

the competing economic incentives they implicate.

Finally, this article posits that a …

Reconsidering Severe Or Pervasive: Aligning The Standard In Sexual Harassment And Racial Harassment Causes Of Action, Heather L. Kleinschmidt

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Globalization & Law: Beyond Traditional Methodology Of Comparative Legal Studies And An Example From Private International Law, Fabio Morosini

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The article explores the impact of globalization on comparative legal studies and private international law, arguing that traditional methodologies in comparative law must evolve to address the challenges posed by globalization. It emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary approaches, particularly incorporating economic analysis, to better understand and adapt to the changing legal landscape. The analysis focuses on the European Union as a case study, demonstrating how European Community law influences the private international law of its member states and advocating for methodological innovations to maintain the relevance of comparative legal studies in a globalized world.

Insecure Retirement Income, Wrongful Plan Administration And Other Employee Benefits Woes—Evaluating Erisa At Age Thirty, Maria O'Brien Hylton

Buffalo Law Review

Book review of James A. Wooten's The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974—A Political History

Outsourcing And Collective Bargaining: A "Win-Win" For Employers And Employees, Shelby Silverman

Cardozo Journal of International and Comparative Law

The note argues that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) framework effectively promotes negotiation over outsourcing decisions, aligning with Congress's intent to foster industrial peace through collective bargaining. Despite challenges in modern labor markets, the legal framework encourages mutual negotiation, driven by uncertainty and the desire to avoid disputes.

Family Medical Leave Act Standards Of Proof And The Impact Of Desert Palace On Retaliation Cliams, Carol L. Risk, Richard A. Bales

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cutting Undocumented Alien Employment Using The Spine Of A Knife: How The Fourth Circuit Failed To Adequately Use Title Vii To Strengthen Irca In Egbuna V. Time Life Libraries, Inc., Jeffrey B. Widdison

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Effects On Parties' Unionization Decisions Of The Choice Of Union Representation Procedure: The Strategic Dynamic Certification Model, Sara Slinn

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

This article proposes a new theoretical framework-the strategic dynamic certification model-to explain how union certification processes operate. Statutory certification procedures are not neutral. Instead, they produce particular incentives, disincentives, and opportunities for employers, unions, and employees, and these affect the outcomes of the procedure. Empirical evidence confirms this model's ability to analyze the certification process and the outcomes of unionization attempts. In particular, this model explains why the change from a card-check to a mandatory representation vote encourages unlawful employer conduct, enhances the effectiveness of union avoidance activities, and deters employee participation in the unionization decision. The article concludes that, …

Who Made That?: Influencing Foreign Labour Practices Through Reflexive Domestic Disclosure Regulation, David J. Doorey

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

An important tool of "decentred" regulation, including reflexive law, is corporate information disclosure. Disclosure regulation can have an important normative influence on corporate behaviour because it introduces a risk element that must be managed by corporate leaders. The challenge for regulators is to identify the scope of disclosure that will cause corporate responses of the sort desired by the state. This article considers the potential role of disclosure regulation as a tool for influencing labour practices beyond the borders of the regulating state and, in particular, within the vast global supply chains of multinational corporations. In the context of improving …

Breaking The Bank: Revisiting Central Bank Of Denver After Enron And Sarbanes-Oxley, Celia Taylor

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

Separate To Unite: Will Change To Win Strengthen Organized Labor In America?, Keith J. Gross

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Offshore Outsourcing And Workers Rights, Theodore J. St. Antoine

Articles

No abstract provided.

In The Land Between Two Maps: Perceived Disabilities, Reasonable Accommodations, And Judicial Battles Over The Ada, Nicholas R. Frazier

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Arbitration Of Employer Violations Of The West Virginia Human Rights Act: West Virginia Should Make Like Ants Marching And Continue Its Pursuit Of Bliss, Nicholas S. Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

No Longer Just Company Men: The Flexible Workforce And Employment Discrimination (Book Review Of Katherine Stone's From Widgets To Digits), Miriam A. Cherry

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

The Duty To Bargain In Good Faith: Nlrb V. Truitt Manufacturing Co. And Nlrb V. Insurance Agents’ International Union, Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt

ExpressO

This article discusses two classic Supreme Court cases from the 1950's that explore the contours of the obligation to bargain in good faith: NLRB v. Truitt Manufacturing Co. and NLRB v. Insurance Agents' International Union. In the Truitt case, the Supreme Court held that the obligation to bargain in good faith requires an employer to open its books to the union when the employer refuses a request for a wage increase on the basis that such an increase will drive the employer out of business. In the Insurance Agents' case, the Supreme Court held that union slow-down tactics were consistent …

Research To Practice: Employment Services And Outcomes Of People Receiving Welfare Benefits And Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Susan Foley, Jonathan Woodring

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Poverty programs have undergone substantial reform in the past decade, and there has been a heightened interest in exploring the experiences of people with disabilities who receive welfare benefits. This report profiles people with disabilities who had TANF, GA, or both at application to VR services and completed these services in the year 2003.

What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility: Labor Force Participation Rates Of Women Age 55 And Over, By Age Group, Annual Averages, 1963–2003, Robert Hutchens Phd

Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations

No abstract provided.

What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility: Population Pyramids For The United States, Robert Hutchens Phd

Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations

No abstract provided.

What An Aging Workforce Can Teach Us About Workplace Flexibility: Labor Force Participation Rates Of Men Age 55 And Over, By Age Group, Annual Averages, 1963–2003, Robert Hutchens Phd

Charts and Summaries of State, U.S., and Foreign Laws and Regulations

No abstract provided.

Re Sisters Of Saint Martha And Caw, Local 2017, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

The Grievor believes the Employer should apply the terms of the Labour Standards Code, instead of the less generous Collective Agreement, regarding holiday pay. The Employer paid holiday pay according to the Agreement and believes the grievance should be dismissed.

The grievance fails. The Code does not apply to the employees under the Agreement.

Vol. 22, No. 3, Vickie A. Gillio, Laura H. Anderson

The Illinois Public Employee Relations Report

Contents:

The Potential Implications of the University of Michigan Cases on Public Sector Employment: Opening Up Leadership in the Public Sector Workplace?, by Vickie A. Gillio with the assistance of Laura H. Anderson

Recent Developments

Further References, compiled by Yoo-Seong Song

Research To Practice: Innovations In Employment Supports: Colorado's State Division Of Developmental Services, Jean E. Winsor, John Butterworth, Allison Cohen Hall

Research to Practice Series, Institute for Community Inclusion

Between the years of 1985 and 1996 Colorado experienced significant growth in integrated employment for people with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. Several factors were consistently highlighted as contributing to Colorado's employment outcomes during this period.

Labor And Employment, Jerry C. Newsome, K. Alex Khoury

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys notable developments in labor and employment law in the Eleventh Circuit from January 1 to December 31, 2004. During the survey period, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rendered notable decisions regarding the Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA") and the Labor Management Relations Act ("LMRA"). Several district courts also weighed in during this survey period with significant rulings on the FMLA and the Equal Pay Act ("EPA").

Employment Discrimination, Peter Reed Corbin, John E. Duvall

Mercer Law Review

Continuing the trend begun with the 2003 survey period, the 2004 survey period experienced a significant decrease in the number of decisions by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in the area of employment discrimination. On the other hand, the United States Supreme Court decided several noteworthy decisions in the employment arena. In Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders, the Court addressed the important issue of whether the Ellerth/Faragher affirmative defense' in hostile work environment sexual harassment cases is available when the plaintiff alleges that she was constructively discharged. In General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline, …

The Notion Of Solidarity And The Secret History Of American Labor Law, Thomas C. Kohler

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.

An Advocate's Toolkit: Using Criminal "Theft Of Service" Laws To Enforce Workers' Right To Be Paid, Rita J. Verga

City University of New York Law Review

No abstract provided.

Preserving The Exceptional Republic: Political Economy, Race, And The Federalization Of American Immigration Law, Matthew Lindsay

All Faculty Scholarship

Between 1882 and 1891, the U.S. Congress enacted a spate of immigration laws though which the federal government assumed virtually exclusive control over a regulatory sphere that historically had been the province of the states. This Article argues that this federalization of immigration regulation represented an attempt to reconcile the nation’s most cherished ideological commitment - the notion that the U.S. would forever remain an exceptional, “free labor” republic - with the unprecedented social and economic convulsions of the 1870s and 1880s.

The meaning of both immigrants and immigration was fundamentally transformed during the Gilded Age due to two successive …

Re Provincial Health Services Authority And Peiupse, Innis Christie

Innis Christie Collection

Grievance by the Union alleging wrongful dismissal of the Grievor, based on allegations of physical abuse of a patient in one of the Employer's health care facilities. The Union has requested pre-hearing production of various documents in the medical file of the patient who made the allegations. The Employer has refused production based mainly on the P.E.I. Mental Health Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, c. M-6.1. The parties have agreed that the whether the Employer can and should be ordered to produce the documents in issue is to be decided by the Chair of the Board of Arbitration estab­lished to deal with …