by admin | Jul 31, 2015 | State Labor Law
The Michigan Supreme Court, in reviewing a suit against the state’s recent right-to-work law, which frees employees from having to join unions and pay full union dues, ruled 4-3 this week that public employee unions cannot collect agency fees either. The ruling...
by admin | Jun 11, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Walmart’s policy of paying its truck drivers by miles driven and activities performed violates California’s minimum wage law, a federal judge has ruled, putting the retailer on the hook for as much as $100 million in back wages. “The court finds that the...
by admin | Mar 27, 2015 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings, State Labor Law
Former UPS driver Kathy Young, who accused that firm of pregnancy discrimination, will have her day in court again, but Ellen Pao, who accused her firm of gender discrimination and retaliation, is walking away empty-handed. Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ruled...
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by admin | Aug 7, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Earlier, we learned that business owners in the SeaTac community of Washington had found innovative ways to combat the effects of a mandated new $15-an-hour minimum wage — charging for parking, ending free food, making employees pay for uniforms — and now...
by admin | Jul 24, 2014 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Two signature-gathering efforts to place a referendum on the ballot to eliminate Seattle's mandated new $15-an-hour minimum wage have failed. Needing 16,510 voters' signatures to make the ballot, an effort by business group Forward Seattle qualified 14,818...
by Girish Anand | Jul 14, 2014 | State Labor Law
After losing a unionization vote and agreeing not to attempt any organizing efforts for another year, the United Auto Workers (UAW) has nonetheless opened an office near the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., that rejected its organizing effort just months ago....
