Samuel Gompers, founder of the AFL, wrote that “[w]herever trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.” But Gompers wasn’t quite right if Tanganeka Phillips’s claims are true; she alleges that one of the largest unions in...
In January, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) brought suit in a San Francisco federal court against Google, Inc. to require Google, as a federal contractor, to allow the government to inspect Google’s pay records....
British Columbia has recently amended its health and safety law to prohibit employers from requiring employees to wear high heels to work.Maybe this isn’t too big a deal in an office environment, but there are some less-sedentary workplaces in which...
Bill O’Reilly’s (alleged) lewd comments and inappropriate come-ons may have finally caught up to him and his employer, Fox News. I don’t, however, want to focus my attention on the salacious allegations, which are just that, allegation. Instead, I’d like to focus on...
Lots has been said about how United Airlines mishandled violently dragging a passenger from an overbooked flight. And none of it is good. Yet, make no mistake, how United CEO Oscar Munoz communicated with his company’s employees immediately following the incident...
