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In a surprising decision this week, the National Labor Relations Board ruled that football players at Northwestern University meet the standards necessary to form a labor union. The decision was seen by many as a possible first step towards college a… Read More

An important case regarding unpaid time that workers spend going in and out of security while going to jobs at Amazon warehouses has been picked up by the U.S. Supreme Court. The case was last heard in the Ninth Circuit where the justices came down o… Read More

In another indication that the Obama administration is unwilling to be stymied by Congressional Republicans, President Obama announced recently that he would ask the Department of Labor to issue new rules regarding overtime pay. The goal of the new m… Read More

A contractor for Wal-Mart recently agreed to fork over nearly $5 million to help settle a lawsuit that was filed by 568 warehouse workers in Southern California. The case claimed that the workers were underpaid and routinely prevented from taking req… Read More

An especially confusing area of labor law concerns cases based on retaliatory action under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These cases exist when an employee believes that illegal and retributive action was taken by an employer after the e… Read More

A man from Pennsylvania has filed suit against Internet retail giant Amazon, saying that the company takes unfair advantage of its workers by putting them through lengthy daily security checks. Lead plaintiff Neal Heimbach says that Amazon’s pat do… Read More

The Department of Labor announced earlier this month that it would extend rules found in the Fair Labor standards Act (FLSA) to cover workers who provide home healthcare assistance to elderly, sick or disabled individuals. According to the DOL, the n… Read More

An especially popular episode of the Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares” aired back in May and horrified viewers across the country. The problem was not cleanliness, no; the restaurant was actually sparkling clean. The trouble that stunned viewers was… Read More