When Brandon Bondehagen filed awage claimwith Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries against Revolution Film Group in 2016, he was in a comparably better spot than some of his co-workers. Bondehagen didn’t stake his survival on the paychecks he made working for...
Murderers May Not Claim ERISA Benefits, According to Sixth Circuit Victoria E. Anderson,Jane Wong November 8, 2024 Plan administrators should be aware that just because a principle is well-established under the law does not mean that people won’t attempt to challenge it anyway. A good example...
Earlier this month, Governor Hochul publicly commented that she would consider a bill which struck the right balance to protect low and middle-income workers, while she recognized that higher income workers have more negotiating power and are in industries that are an important part of New York’...
analyzes the many critical obstacles to ending a war–an aspect of military strategy that is frequently and tragically overlooked. This book explores the difficult and often painful process through which wars in the modern age have been brought to...
bring within the ambit of the statute all organizations not expressly excluded from coverage.172 Labor organizations that represent agricultural workers,173 workers covered under the Railway Labor Act,174 and others in industries where the NLRB has not exercised jurisdiction, are subject to the LMRDA...
InWalla Walla Community College, a PERC Examiner ruled that a college administrator was to be excluded from the bargaining unit representing rank and file higher education staff. The Examiner held that although the administrative employee had in the past done fill-in work for staff, the employee ...
In disparate treatment, intentional discrimination on the part of the employer is charged and statistical proof of underrepresentation may be introduced to support such a claim. In disparate impact cases, in contrast, the intent of the employer is not at issue: it is charged that, for whatever ...
In May of 1985, steelworker Garland G. Waage (Waage) was injured in the course of his employment with Kaiser and was unable to continue working.[1] He reported his injuries to Kaiser and to the Department of Labor and Industries (Department) along with a claim for workers' compensation be...
The employee canfile a wage claimagainst the employer for denying them breaks required under the California Labor Code or labor regulations, including meal, rest and bathroom breaks. Under California law, an employee can recoverone hour of payat their regular rate for each break that was wrongful...
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